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- A Brief Overview Of Value Stream Mapping - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansThe proper allocation of resources is integral to the success of any company. This is doubly important in the manufacturing industry since so much of the company’s assets are wrapped up in real world raw materials. Inefficient dissemination of supplies and manpower can cost a firm millions of ...
Views: 674 - The Importance Of Total Productive Maintenance - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansIn the modern manufacturing industry, big, complicated machinery are a common sight. It would be impossible to meet the outrageous demands of today’s market without the help of these wondrous engineering marvels. However, equal to their complexity and usefulness is the difficulty a factory goes ...
Views: 4206 - The Importance Of Standardized Work Practices - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansInconsistent product quality and output is the bane of manufacturing companies. It’s next to impossible to build long lasting business relationships with distributors and other companies if your facilities cannot be relied upon to fabricate orders with accuracy and speed. It falls to the ...
Views: 819 - A Brief Overview On SMED - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansSingle Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) is a manufacturing principle that’s practiced by many top companies and corporations. Also known as Quick Changeover, it’s a practice that aims to significantly reduce down time in plants and factories. The resulting streamlined operations of the ...
Views: 890 - The Benefits of SMED Games - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansIn manufacturing, one of the manager’s never ending duties is to find ways to continually optimize and streamline the facility’s operations. Even little incremental changes can have a huge effect in improving worker efficiency and output flow. Every level of the assembly line must be analyzed ...
Views: 1673 - Get it Done the First Time- the Benefits of Poka Yoke - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansPoka yoke refers to a Japanese concept invented by Shigeo Shingo in the 1960s for Toyota as a means to prevent the company for making any errors. The word comes from “poka” meaning mistake, and “yokeru” meaning to avoid. The first term was actually called “baka-yoke” or fool-proofing, until it ...
Views: 1626 - Poka Yoke - An Overview - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansWhen hearing the term poka yoke, what comes to mind? You may think that it’s the weird dance that your uncle does whenever he’s drunk at parties, but it’s actually pretty far from it. Poka yoke is a Japanese term that means mistake-proofing. It’s a term that’s commonly associated with lean ...
Views: 1386 - One Piece Flow VS Mass Production - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansIt is every business owner’s objective to have a streamlined and efficiently running business. This means that its highly productive, amply generates revenues, high chance for expansion, and little room for waste. For accomplishing these objectives, business owners have to decide whether to ...
Views: 3602 - One Piece Flow and How it Benefits Businesses - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansThe goals of business owners include ways to increase and generate profits, expanding their venture, promoting synergy, and finding ways to increase the productivity and efficiency of their business. In order to achieve these objectives, a lot of business owners are turning to lean manufacturing ...
Views: 1186 - The Benefits of Using Lean Simulations - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansLean production refers to a practice of constantly using resources to pursue constant customer value and satisfaction, and any other business process that doesn’t aim for this is considered wasteful. Through the eyes of the customer, the term “value” refers to anything that the customer is ...
Views: 518 - Lean Principles and its other Possible Uses - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansWhile Lean was originally developed with the manufacturing industry in mind, it’s now being used to improve the processes of businesses in other industries. Industries like software development, healthcare and administration now adapt the principles of Lean in their workplaces to improve their ...
Views: 608 - Introducing the Lean Philosophy through Lean Games - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansIn simple terms, the main goal of the Lean philosophy is to eliminate waste with the goal of creating value. According to the Lean philosophy, there are seven wastes in the context of production. These wastes are overproduction, downtime or waiting, transporting, inappropriate processing, ...
Views: 1363 - Kanban Simulations for Easy Implementation - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansMost successful companies know that the key to success is to keep developing, and the best way to do this is to learn how to adapt quickly and to develop the continuous desire for learning. Furthermore, many companies today believe that the best practices to adapt are the Lean organizational ...
Views: 590 - Improving Workspace Workflow with the Kanban Method - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansKanban’s main function is the effective elimination of overproduction. Therefore, Kanban is basically a means of taking control over all the steps of production by indicating all needs from every aspect of production. This helps maintain the smooth flow of production, allowing the process to go ...
Views: 776 - Easy Lean Pull System Concepts Training with the Kanban Game - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansKanban is a Japanese term that literally translates to “display card” or “instruction card”. The method is an organizational system wherein the flow of production depends on a demand signal. It is one of the key elements of the Lean Pull System, wherein production only begins when display or ...
Views: 1635 - The Road to Kaizen, the Road to Continuous Development - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansKaizen is an effective philosophy that can be applied to just about every aspect of life. The Japanese word Kaizen translates directly into “improvement”, while in concept, it denotes continuous growth, development and improvement. It is a process of continuously trying out new things to keep ...
Views: 715 - Ergonomics and Your Workplace - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansErgonomics, in a nutshell, is the study or practice concerned with how a people match or fit with their environment and the technological tools that they use, most especially for work or to function at work. It takes into consideration how tools, equipment and environment of work or the ...
Views: 1084 - Achieve Smooth Operations with Continuous Flow - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Cristal McmeansContinuous Flow is one of the most effective methods in terms of manufacturing processes. It concerns the strict application of Lean principles in creating an effective flow system for manufacturing that functions with the goal of achieving production with the least waste in the shortest lead ...
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