Production leveling in the scope of Bosch Production System

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 1,3, University of Applied Sciences Esslingen, language: English, abstract: Implementing Heijunka usually includes the implementation of production leveling and the implementation of a kanban pull system. This process, in the scope of the Bosch Production System, will be part of the following thesis. After a short introduction of the Robert Bosch GmbH and particularly of Bosch in China in chapter two, a theoretical part will follow in chapter three. In this paragraph the author of this thesis wants to introduce some basic elements and core principles about the Toyota- and the Bosch Production System. Moreover, some production control methods will be explained. Chapter four, the practical and main part of this thesis, is devoted to the whole Heijunka implementation process in the respective plant of Bosch, Wujin plant. At the beginning, the current state of the value stream and the target state of the value stream are compared with each other. The next step will cover the preparations and finally the selection of a suitable value stream. The supermarket calculation and future steps are also included in chapter four. However, chapter four also contains some theoretical explanations to provide a bigger picture and to link theory to the practical implementation. Finally, the author will move to the last chapter of this thesis, which shall deal with a short review of this project.