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74How to get things done – setting achievable goals and timescales
Tips and advice on how to be organised and get things done
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83Work Study; Method Study and Activity Timing (Time and Motion Studies)
Work study; activity timing and method study are an important part of any lean manufacturing implementation if you wish to design manufacturing cells or balance and improve existing flow lines and cells. Time and motion has evolved for Lean!
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81Disadvantages of Outsourcing overseas - What are the Alternatives to offshoring your Manufacturing business
Offshoring is the process of outsourcing your business processes to companies overseas such as China. Many companies especially manufacturing companies have gone through a process of outsourcing overseas to take advantage of huge cost savings, but are there disadvantages of outsourcing overseas and what are the alternatives to offshoring your business processes?
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80Lean Terminology
This is a hub designed to help people that are new to lean come to grips with the terminology uses in lean.
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81Just In Time - JIT - Manufacturing
Just in Time (JIT) Manufacturing is one of the main principles of lean manufacturing, it is the idea of producing what the customer wants when the customer wants it without it being delayed or held up in inventory. JIT Systems help to remove excessive inventory from your production processes freeing up space, cash and improving productivity and other just in time benefits.
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76Lean Six Sigma - Yamazumi Quality Tools
Lean production was the famous “machine that changed the world” and Six Sigma has also delivered powerful and sustainable improvements in quality in recent decade.
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725S Posters
5S posters are a simple and cost effective way to get across your commitment to achieving process improvements through using 5S. These simple but effective visual aids can help remind your employees of the various steps of 5S.
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90TIMWOOD 7 Seven Wastes
The 7 wastes can be remembered by asking yourself; who is Tim wood? TIMWOOD; Transport, Inventory, Motion, Waiting, Overproduction, Over-processing, and Defects.The seven wastes are those activities within your company that do not add value and cost you money. Surprisingly we usually only spend around 5% of our time doing something that adds value.
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86Yamazumi Charts and Boards
A Yamazumi chart or Yamazumi board is a visual tool used within lean manufacturing to aid in cell design and continuous improvement; it allows you to visualize the various work elements within a process and compare them to the required customer output or Takt time.
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85What is Lean Manufacturing?
Lean Manufacturing is a type of manufacturing system that aims to eliminate waste in all of its forms. This waste includes activities that add no value to the over all production...
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