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Posted in Lean Accounting, Lean Administration, Lean Implementation, Lean Production/Lean Manufacturing, Lean Thinking (Lean in general), Lean in Supply Chain on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lean and HRM work perfectly together!
Posted in Lean Administration, Lean Implementation, Lean Production/Lean Manufacturing, Lean in Supply Chain on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lean and HRM work perfectly together.
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Flow minimizes waste!
Posted in Lean Production/Lean Manufacturing on December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
How does flow minimize waste in production?
Flow minimizes waste in the following ways:
Waste: Over-production. Flow improved the leadtime and thereby the need for forecasting is removed (maybe still necessary at a higher level). With short leadtime over-production is not necessary – production is “make to order”.
Waste: Transportation. By creating flow the need for transporting goods [...]
Results using preventive maintenance
Posted in Lean Production/Lean Manufacturing on November 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Results using preventive maintenance
Productivity improvement – up to 30%
Reduction of scrap and repair time
Stabile processes
Reduced maintenance cost
Reduction of general waste (waiting time)
Reduced time for re-planning – when maschine breakdown
Reduced stocks because of reduced uncertainty
Improved customer service
When is a company Lean?
Posted in Lean Production/Lean Manufacturing on October 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When can a company be considered Lean?
“Is my company Lean?”
Many companies ask themselves whether their company is Lean or not. Actually it is my experience, that many of the companies that think they are about to be Lean – have a long way to go! Lean can give excellent results, but they do not show [...]
The goal is a “Lean Culture”
Posted in Lean Production/Lean Manufacturing on July 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The ultimate goal when implementing Lean is a Lean Culture. A culture where the top management focuses on Lean in all decisions, where the top management is visible in the production every day, where foremen spend 95% of their time on the shop floor, where production technicians and other supporters really work proactivity with the [...]
High utilization of your machines before you invest
Posted in Lean Production/Lean Manufacturing on June 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is a “must” to know your OEE on the existing machines (bottlenecks) before you invest in extra capacity. Many companies invest in extra capacity, even though the have a very low OEE on the existing equipment. They could have saved a lot of money by using some simple tools like SMED, 5S and Lean [...]
Lean and ERP-systems
Posted in Lean Accounting, Lean Administration, Lean Production/Lean Manufacturing on March 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Read more about Lean and ERP-systems later on Lean Blog!
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A change to One-piece flow
Posted in Lean Production/Lean Manufacturing on March 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Example of a change from batch production to one-piece flow
Last week we observed a change from batch production to one-piece flow in a local factory. We will write more about this later…
Remember: One-piece flow is not always in one piece!
It is important to notice, that the phrase “one-piece” is not necessarely referring to the fact [...]
Start with Lean before Six Sigma
Posted in Lean Production/Lean Manufacturing on February 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Many companies are far from ready to use Six Sigma. Lean can optimize processes from “normal” to impressing – and then Six Sigma can take over!
Read more about Lean and Six Sigma on this blog later!
