Top Five Lean Manufacturing FAQs
Unfortunately, this 15 point “FAQ” doesn’t appear in the official Scrabble dictionary (I looked it up). Fortunately, we are here ...
Total Productive Maintenance
Productive maintenance involves establishing a routine set of care activities with a focus on the following goals: Zero accidents Zero ...
Eliminating Waste, One Kanban Card at a Time
Many people who are familiar with Lean methodologies, are also familiar with Kanban (not to be confused with Kan Jam ...
What is 5S?
Everyone has been there. You walk into work determined to stay organized, and by lunchtime, you can’t find the document ...
SMED as a Lean Tool
Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) is kind of like 5-Why’s in that each is not as specific as the ...
Procedural Compliance and Why The Deviation From Standard Can Be Devastating
At the recent NBAA conventions National Safety Forum, NTSB Chairman Chris Hart cited the investigation of a Gulfstream G-IV crash ...
How Can You Effectively Introduce Lean Improvements in Your Organization?
What is Lean? At its core, “Lean” is about improving and optimizing your operations. An organization using lean thinking consistently ...