Process Improvement : Case R&D, IEC LV Motors
Wainio, Matias (2022)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202205026775
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202205026775
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This thesis was created for Research & Development department at IEC LV Motors and it was initiated alongside with an internal development project. Mechanical design team had a need of their processes to be mapped, regarding the tasks of mechanical design engineer. Project aim was to map processes in “as-is” form. This would give an opportunity to improve the flow of these processes in the future by applying “as-is – to-be” model.
This thesis was limited to map the processes of product development and mechanical design. As an addition a guideline package for mechanical design engineers was created. It is in a form of cross-functional flowchart combined with process description and an instruction directory. The guideline package was created for local use for the mechanical design team.
Project team consisted of 12 employees. Every employee had their own role. Project team was sharing their knowledge and gave guidance in our weekly meetings, concerning the project and thesis.
Requested process maps and process descriptions are now ready and available in the case company’s local database. The instruction directory was created in close cooperation with a documentation engineer. It is a collection of instructions related to mechanical designer’s tasks in R&D department.
As a conclusion, the created guideline package was a success and it is a good basis for continue further development of how to manage instructions and processes in the future.
This thesis was limited to map the processes of product development and mechanical design. As an addition a guideline package for mechanical design engineers was created. It is in a form of cross-functional flowchart combined with process description and an instruction directory. The guideline package was created for local use for the mechanical design team.
Project team consisted of 12 employees. Every employee had their own role. Project team was sharing their knowledge and gave guidance in our weekly meetings, concerning the project and thesis.
Requested process maps and process descriptions are now ready and available in the case company’s local database. The instruction directory was created in close cooperation with a documentation engineer. It is a collection of instructions related to mechanical designer’s tasks in R&D department.
As a conclusion, the created guideline package was a success and it is a good basis for continue further development of how to manage instructions and processes in the future.