TY - JFULL AU - M. H. M. Rusli and A. Jaffar and M. T. Ali and S. Muhamud @ Kayat PY - 2012/1/ TI - Integrating Big Island Layout with Pull System for Production Optimization T2 - International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering SP - 2654 EP - 2659 VL - 6 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/14134 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 72, 2012 N2 - Lean manufacturing is a production philosophy made popular by Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC). It is globally known as the Toyota Production System (TPS) and has the ultimate aim of reducing cost by thoroughly eliminating wastes or muda. TPS embraces the Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing; achieving cost reduction through lead time reduction. JIT manufacturing can be achieved by implementing Pull system in the production. Furthermore, TPS aims to improve productivity and creating continuous flow in the production by arranging the machines and processes in cellular configurations. This is called as Cellular Manufacturing Systems (CMS). This paper studies on integrating the CMS with the Pull system to establish a Big Island-Pull system production for High Mix Low Volume (HMLV) products in an automotive component industry. The paper will use the build-in JIT system steps adapted from TMC to create the Pull system production and also create a shojinka line which, according to takt time, has the flexibility to adapt to demand changes simply by adding and taking out manpower. This will lead to optimization in production. ER -