ABSTRACT
The Isuzu approach traces its origins to Mr. Yoshihiko Sato’s work experience at Isuzu in the early 1970s. Dynamic teardown studies the assembly process of the product and then compares it to the competitor’s products. The comparisons look at the time and effort taken to assemble and disassemble the product. With a material teardown, we will “deep dive” into the component structure of the competitive product. As always, we plan disassembly in a logical order just as we do with competitive products. Validating and implementing the ideas collected through the value analysis teardown process on existing products can produce some immediate, direct improvements such as, lower material and direct labor cost, or improved functions. A reduction in the assembly time becomes a target and is part of the cost improvement activities. Adopting the best practices help in reducing the tooling and capital investments, thereby achieving lower manufacturing costs.
