Toyota Change Point Management: Henkaten
Henkaten is an approach by Toyota to deal with changes in their manufacturing system. It is one of…
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Visual management is a hot topic in lean manufacturing. It is not a do-or-do-not method like kanban or…
READ MOREWhy Operators Need to Measure Their Own Data!
The goal is to have everything relevant easily visible on the shop floor. Ideally, this is through the…
READ MOREKaizen Through Growing Your People
As mentioned in my last post, continuous improvement (kaizen) is done through people, ideally close to the shop…
READ MOREWho Does Kaizen?
One core aspect of lean manufacturing is continuous improvement, or kaizen in Japanese. This concept emphasizes ongoing, incremental…
READ MOREA Common Mistake in Doing Lean: Skipping the Details!
Lean manufacturing is a great set of philosophies and tools to improve your production system, or for that…
READ MORERebuilding Manufacturing in France | Radu Demetrescoux
Radu Demetrescoux has been a manufacturing consultant for 25 years and recently authored a Lean Toolbox (in French)…
READ MOREWhat are Good KPIs?
To control any kind of system, you need to know its status. For a simple system like heating,…
READ MOREEffects on Efficiency—Group Size, Line, Location, Product
In my last post, I started to look at factors that affect the efficiency of your line, in…
READ MOREEffects on Efficiency—Takt Time
Whenever I visit a factory where manual work is done, I try to estimate the percentage of value-adding…
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