Lean

The lean methodology defines 8 forms of waste: Transportation Inventory Over-processing Overproduction Waiting Motion Defects Underutilized skills Transportation waste Movement of material, paper, etc. that adds unnecessary time to the flow, increasing the risk of being lost, placed in the wrong location during transportation. Inventory waste Packaging or finished goods…

A tool to help understand the set of reasons why a project is necessary. List of “consequences if the problem is not fixed” and ‘benefits of making the change”. People are motivated by threats and opportunities; Identify the stakeholder group who needs to understand why the project is needed; Brainstorm…

Tool that provides visualization and understanding of the flow of material and information as a product or service makes its way through the value stream and can be used to present both current state as well as future state vision. Current State It is a visual tool that shows all the…

Quality is built in during every step of the manufacturing process. If equipment malfunctions or defect is detected, machine in question will automatically stops, dragging down the rest of production until the problem is resolved. For the Just-In-Time system, every single part that is made and supplied must meet predetermined…