Problems are inevitable, no matter how hard we plan and what precautions we take, they will eventually creep up and bite us. Rushing in and trying to fix the problems quickly, however, rarely seems to truly make these problems go… Read more → The post A3 Problem Solving | A3 Root Cause Analysis first appeared on Lean Manufacturing Tools.| Lean Manufacturing Tools
Not every business or up and coming lean facilitator has the money to pay a consultant potentially thousands of dollars a day to come and provide the help and support that they are looking for. Nor do they necessarily want… Read more → The post Lean Consulting and Support first appeared on Lean Manufacturing Tools.| Lean Manufacturing Tools
One on One Support Improving your processes can be difficult if you do not know where to start, as can be implementing Lean Manufacturing Tools such as 5S or Value Stream Mapping. Our online coaching for Lean however could be… Read more → The post One on One Lean Coaching Online first appeared on Lean Manufacturing Tools.| Lean Manufacturing Tools
“Send me a video and I will help reduce your setup times” Reducing setup time is a vital part of most Lean implementations if you want to be able to reduce batch sizes and improve process efficiency. SMED as the… Read more → The post Setup Reduction SMED Coaching first appeared on Lean Manufacturing Tools.| Lean Manufacturing Tools
“Send me a video of your process and I will help make it more efficient” One of the most common areas that companies are looking for when looking for any form of lean support is to improve their process efficiency.… Read more → The post Lean Process Improvement Coaching first appeared on Lean Manufacturing Tools.| Lean Manufacturing Tools
5S PPTx and 5S PDF Downloads If you want to learn all about 5S then the following 5S presentations in ppt (PowerPoint) format and PDF format are available to you for free download. Please note that these 5S Training presentation… Read more → The post 5S Training Presentations first appeared on Lean Manufacturing Tools.| Lean Manufacturing Tools
What is Mura? Most Lean practitioners that I have met have little idea as to what is Mura only really being aware of Muda or the seven wastes. Within the Toyota Production system however, which spawned what we now… Read more → The post Mura – Unevenness; Production Leveling first appeared on Lean Manufacturing Tools.| Lean Manufacturing Tools
What is Muri? Muri is to Overburden your employees or machines, it can also be seen as “unreasonableness”. It is placing operators and machines under unnecessary stress by making demands on them that are unreasonable and often very unnecessary.… Read more → The post Muri Overburden first appeared on Lean Manufacturing Tools.| Lean Manufacturing Tools
Kaizen events are short duration improvement projects with a specific aim for improvement; typically they are week long events led by a facilitator with the implementation team being predominantly members of the area in which the kaizen event is being… Read more → The post Planning and running Kaizen Events first appeared on Lean Manufacturing Tools.| Lean Manufacturing Tools
What is Kaizen, what is the difference between the Japanese and western approaches? Continuous Improvement using Kiazen events or many small improvements?| Lean Manufacturing Tools | Lean Manufacturing Tools, Techniques and Philosoph...
