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How to Sustain Gains Achieved from Lean Management and Operational Excellence
Achieving the results of lean management and operational excellence is difficult, but sustaining those gains seems even more challenging. The concept of
Five Steps of Reducing Changeover time with SMED(Single Minute Exchange of Die)
Lean manufacturing is highly acclaimed all across the manufacturing domain. And why would it not be? After all, businesses adopting lean manufacturing
Five Steps for Improving Employee Engagement
Why is employee engagement such an inevitable aspect of any successful organization? The 2018 Gallup report on employee engagement indicates that companies
How to Reduce Machine Breakdowns Using Autonomous Maintenance
Machine breakdowns can have a lethal impact on the smooth running of operations in the organization. It will cost a fortune and
Starting with Continuous Improvement
First step in Continuous improvement is dissatisfaction with the status quo; it means always asking why productivity can’t be increased, why stocks are necessary, or whether there aren’t better ways to do things
Foundation of Lean: Identification & Elimination of Waste
The foundation of Lean is based upon in simple goal of identification and elimination of waste in all work activities.
Using VSM to identify waste
Value stream mapping (VSM) is a technique to identify waste (non value adding activities). VSM was taken from the Toyota Production System (TPS) method called “Material and Information Flow Mapping”