Lean Basics

7 Process Improvement Concepts 0
- Lean Basics
- November 28, 2016
Everything everyone does within an organization is part of a process. So invariably if you want to improve what the organization does, then you have to focus on improving the process. By putting your emphasis on the process, you avoid the typical trap that so many business leaders seem to fall prey to – looking
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Audience Answers: Burning Platforms?0
- Lean Basics
- October 12, 2016
I have been sharing thoughts for a while, now it is your turn. I wan to hear your feedback on some questions that I have been pondering. Many Lean transformations stories start with a burning platform. The term is used to describe an extremely urgent or compelling business situation in order to convey, in the
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Set-up Reduction is a Simple Yet Powerful Process 0
- Lean Basics
- September 12, 2016
Reducing machine down time is the main goal of set-up reduction. However, reducing set-up times will boost your company’s capacity, increase your manufacturing flexibility, and help increase overall output. The five basic steps to reduce changeover / set-up time are as follows: 1. Observe and record the current method (videotaping is
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Seven Best Poka-Yoke Devices 0
- Lean Basics, Quality
- August 8, 2016
Generally the most effective way to achieve quality is to avoid having defects in the first place. It is much less costly to prevent a problem from ever happening than it is to find and correct the problem after it has occurred. Focusing on prevention activities whose purpose is to reduce the number of defects
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Lean Do’s and Don’ts 0
- Lean Basics
- August 3, 2016
Implementing Lean, or any change initiative is difficult. If it wasn’t, everyone would be doing it, and they’re not. Lean is not easy. It’s not easy to understand. It’s not easy to implement. And it’s especially not easy to sustain. But anyone who has embarked on a so-called lean journey already knows this. Lean, in
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Six Principles of Mistake Proofing 0
- Lean Basics, Lean in Practice
- July 20, 2016
Some may say that it’s impossible to eliminate mistakes. And they are right; it is, most of the time. But, to be honest, they are missing the point. Poka yoke, or mistake proofing, describes any behavior changing constraint that is built into a process to prevent an incorrect operation or act occurring. The three aims
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