Preparation for Lean Manufacturing
It seems that every manufacturing company is now trying to adapt the Lean Philosophy, invented and mastered by Toyota Corporation. Lean manufacturing has also spilled over into non manufacturing industries. Unfortunately, many companies don’t completely understand the true meaning of Lean Manufacturing. Lean Manufacturing, simply put, is “continuously improving your processes to eliminate waste”. This sounds simple, but many companies will fail!
Six Sigma – Not Just For Manufacturing
Although the Six Sigma methodology originally started out as a way to improve processes and products in a manufacturing environment, today it has grown to encompass a broad range of industries. As companies begin to realize the benefits a total quality improvement cycle can have upon the organization they are adopting Six Sigma and its practices into their own fold.
Organizations not only receive the quality benefit of Six Sigma in their products and processes, but also si…
Go Lean To Eliminate Waste
Surplus inventory is one of the seven “muda” or wasteful processes identified in the lean manufacturing methodology. Eliminating them can be applied to any manufacturing or production process to achieve performance improvement.
Andon – Lean Manufacturing
Andon is one of the three elements that make up the principle of Jidoka –