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We provide tools for lean manufacturing / Toyota Production System
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Our Tools :
![]() Stopwatch 100 Laps Cycle |
![]() Standardized Work Combination Table Macro |
![]() Standardized Work Analyze Tool (SWAT) |
![]() Standardized Work Analyze Tool+Video Capture |
![]() Heijunka Generator |
Lean Eye Test: Seeing the Work Creating the same product with two different methods can uncover things that can be improved, removed, and altered to make for the most efficient method possible. Instructional Designer at LEI, Masia Goodman, walks us through this process in this instructional video. |
Why Lean Thinkers Should Ground Their Work in Sustainability There's a solid case for implementing green thinking just as there's one for implementing lean thinking. The challenge, but more importantly the opportunity for business, lies in bringing them together, write Rose Heathcote and Gary Cundill. |
Steady Work Shares Practical Ways to Create Quality Enterprise For All Karen Gaudet's Steady Work is the story of a leader helping teams develop steady work to help them get through normal days just a little better and help make the worst day ever just a little bit bearable. Here's a taste of the many lean insights captured in this book. |
How Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Teaching Embodies Lean Thinking What can we learn about lean thinking from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? Christopher D. Chapman explains. |
Exploring the Continued Relevance of Lean, A Best of Podcast Lean offers a powerful and productive approach to today's problems, both large and small. This "best-of" podcast featuring talks with leading thinkers offers advice and insights on this productive approach. |
A3 Problem Solving | A3 Root Cause Analysis 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… The post A3 Problem Solving | A3 Root Cause Analysis first appeared on Lean Manufacturing Tools. |
Lean Consulting and Support 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… The post Lean Consulting and Support first appeared on Lean Manufacturing Tools. |
One on One Lean Coaching Online 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… The post One on One Lean Coaching Online first appeared on Lean Manufacturing Tools. |
Setup Reduction SMED Coaching “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… The post Setup Reduction SMED Coaching first appeared on Lean Manufacturing Tools. |
Lean Process Improvement Coaching “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.… The post Lean Process Improvement Coaching first appeared on Lean Manufacturing Tools. |
Value Stream Mapping of a Complete Product Profile: Shahrukh A. Irani and Jin Zhou Introduction: Lean Thinking, a concept that is based on the Toyota Production System, extends continuous improvement efforts to reduce the costs of serving customer/s beyond the
Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is the process of mapping the material and information Please click here for the details: Value Stream Mapping of a Complete Product.pdf
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Value Network Mapping (VNM) Visualization and Analysis of Multiple Flows in Value Stream Maps Profile: ZahirAbbas N. Khaswala and Shahrukh A. Irani 1 Outline of this Paper First, the concept of Lean Thinking is introduced and reviewed. This is followed by an explanation of the basic concepts of Value Stream Mapping (VSM), with a listing of the advantages and disadvantages of VSM. Specifically, it is shown that the original VSM methodology breaks down in the case of "multiple flows in a value stream that merge" in the case of complex product BOMs. Next, the development of the proposed approach, Value Network Mapping (VNM), is explained in detail. Finally, the results from an industry project are analyzed and the potential benefits of the proposed approach are presented. Please click here for the details: Value Network Mapping (VNM).pdf
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Flow of Product to Consumer![]()
Used with kind permission from the book: "Mechanism of a Factory with Illustrations" Published by Nippon Jitsugyo Publishing. by Mitsuo Matsubayashi and Hiroshi Watabe. Members of Waku Consulting Co. Ltd Please click here for the web site of Waku Consulting. |
Flow of Material and Information through the Factory![]()
Used with kind permission from the book: "Mechanism of a Factory with Illustrations" Published by Nippon Jitsugyo Publishing. by Mitsuo Matsubayashi and Hiroshi Watabe. Members of Waku Consulting Co. Ltd Please click here for the web site of Waku Consulting. |
Operation Flow of Whole Factory![]()
Used with kind permission from the book: "Mechanism of a Factory with Illustrations" Published by Nippon Jitsugyo Publishing. by Mitsuo Matsubayashi and Hiroshi Watabe. Members of Waku Consulting Co. Ltd Please click here for the web site of Waku Consulting. |