Why is it necessary to set up the Andon system?

In lean manufacturing, Andon is a visual and audible warning system installed in factories to signal defects in the production line. This term originated in Japan and the system was used for the first time at Toyota. Andon systems can be activated automatically or manually to ensure better management of real production time.

  Andon is part of lean manufacturing, so it is necessary to understand what lean manufacturing is to set up a separate Andon system to suit the management and production needs of each factory. Lean manufacturing is to eliminate the waste of excess production in the entire production line, which can waste time, waste manpower or waste of operating capacity of machinery … Along with Lean manufacturing tools allow a company to better manage its resources for higher production productivity. By eliminating production waste such as:

• – Manipulation redundant: Operations during production and handling operations incurred by the operator.
• – Waiting: Waiting time of equipment, material supply.
• Processes: Manual processes take time.
• – Waste due to mistakes: Poor quality products, faulty products ..
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Why is it necessary to set up the Andon system?

   From there, we can define Andon simply as a visual tool that can easily display production system anomalies, through devices such as the colors of the indicator lights, TV screens, and Sensor… Andon’s intuitive management system offers many benefits:

• Significant time savings: visualize problems for better understanding of the situation by reducing the waste associated with finding information or incidents related to production line outages .
• Reduce costs: because in the factory time is money, reducing the time lost can reduce production costs caused by unplanned downtime.
• Better communication: visual or sound display promotes better internal communication flow between different parts of the factory.
• Better control: By anticipating problems, the Andon system allows maintenance teams and management to have greater control over the entire plant’s operating capacity.
• Information gathering: for the purpose of developing an effective management system, information on production activities is continuously recorded. In this way, the management department will have the best production assessment and plan for the plant.
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    Andon is considered the focus of lean production method. The Andon system takes a pivotal position in the connectivity industry to improve labor productivity and production efficiency.                 Avani Vietnam Technology Company with an experienced technical team is a company specializing in consulting and implementing Andon System – a solution to improve the competitive efficiency of leading manufacturing enterprises in Vietnam.