Expert System for Lean Manufacturing at Tobacco Industry.

Machine breakdown is inversely proportional to productivity. Breakdowns on critical machines disrupt the desired productivity significantly. To date, many procedures have been deployed to reduce the breakdown time. This paper deals with the application of expert system using the key principles of lean manufacturing. We developed systematic operating procedure to reduce the breakdown time of a specified machine in a cigarette manufacturing industry. In addition, this research explains to industries as how to get expert opinions irrespective of the expert's availability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]