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How to Implement 5S in the Workplace

5S in the work place is one of the primary tools that can be implemented in an organization as a starting point to change the culture of an organization to a continuous improvement culture. A 5S implementation characterizes the principal guidelines to wipe out waste and keep up an efficient, safe, and clean workplace. [...]

By |August 16th, 2018|Lean Articles|Comments Off on How to Implement 5S in the Workplace

Benefits of Business Process Improvement

As the business competition grows day by day, expectations also change and there is demand for new methodologies and technologies. It increases the demand to improve your business processes. Therefore, Business Process Improvement (BPI) is the most compelling and adequate way to create ongoing improvement in your business. It is very rare for the [...]

By |August 9th, 2018|Lean Articles|Comments Off on Benefits of Business Process Improvement

Guide on Value Stream Mapping Steps to Take

The value stream map is a chart which illustrates and also analyses the various steps that are involved in the delivering of a particular service or manufacturing of a product. Whenever an individual maps the present state of a process from the start to the end, areas which are not important to the process [...]

By |August 2nd, 2018|Lean Articles|Comments Off on Guide on Value Stream Mapping Steps to Take

How to Implement a Two Card Kanban System in Manufacturing

Kanban can be well defined as ‘demand scheduling.’ In processes which are controlled by kanban’s, the manufacturers manufacture products based on the actual usage instead of the estimated usage. The kanban system replaces the usual daily or weekly production schedule. This schedule is substituted with predetermined decision instructions and visual signals which enable the [...]

By |July 26th, 2018|Lean Articles|Comments Off on How to Implement a Two Card Kanban System in Manufacturing

Kaizen 5S for Process Improvement within your Organization

The 5S is the acronym of five Japanese words which stands for Seiri (sorting), Seiton (setting in order), Seiso (sweeping), Seiketsu (standardizing), Shitsuke (sustaining). In the mid-1950s, 5S was first used in Japan in the manufacturing sector. 5S is the first step to continuous improvement. 5S implementation ensures continuous improvement in housekeeping and results [...]

By |July 19th, 2018|Lean Articles|Comments Off on Kaizen 5S for Process Improvement within your Organization

Timwood Lean Refers to the 7 Waste of Lean

Managing a competent business entity covers lean manufacturing which is a technique for reducing waste that influences manufacturing strategies, production, and customer relationships. This method is useful in minimizing costs, boost profits, improve lead times, and increase customer satisfaction for an organisation. The term of "TIMWOOD" stands for: Transport, Inventory, Motion, Waiting, Over-processing, Overproduction, [...]

By |July 12th, 2018|Lean Articles|Comments Off on Timwood Lean Refers to the 7 Waste of Lean

Training Needs Analysis Methods Beneficial for Your Business

Training Needs Analysis" (TNA) is the strategy to determine whether a training need exists and, in the event that it does, what training is required to fill the gap. TNA looks to recognize precisely the levels of the current circumstance in the objective interview, observation, secondary data as well as workshop. The gap between [...]

By |July 5th, 2018|Lean Articles|Comments Off on Training Needs Analysis Methods Beneficial for Your Business

Stock Rotation and Why It Is Important

Stock rotation is a very popular strategy used in small and big retail stores. Basically, the process entails presenting older products for sale more conspicuously than products that were gotten recently. The purpose of this rotating process is to push older items out the door so as to give rook for newer ones. Although [...]

By |June 28th, 2018|Lean Articles|Comments Off on Stock Rotation and Why It Is Important

The Difference Between Lead Time vs Cycle Time

As said by Henry Ford “Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage. The easiest of all wastes and the hardest to correct is the waste of time, because wasted time does not litter the floor like wasted material.” When we create an accurate, reliable and efficient system across [...]

By |June 21st, 2018|Lean Articles|Comments Off on The Difference Between Lead Time vs Cycle Time

How to Create an Efficient Flow Production

Every company needs a sound flow production plan to maximize productivity. However, for a complex process that covers a wide variety of activities effective production planning is required to ensure that equipment, materials and human resources are available where and when they are needed. Production planning is like a guide that it assists you [...]

By |June 14th, 2018|Lean Articles|Comments Off on How to Create an Efficient Flow Production
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