Lean is about simultaneously improving all dimensions of performance,...
This is in response to Mike Micklewright's question on Why Is Quality So Rarely Central In Lean?: "I see so many internal Lean “experts” using “Lean” as a means to increase efficiencies and...
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Philip Marris told me of the case of a machining cell in an auto parts plant where management was ready to buy more machines because it was "lacking capacity," but he was able to find a cheaper way to...
View ArticleOrigin of One-Piece Flow at Toyota | Chip Chapados | LinkedIn
According to Chip Chapados, the concept of one-piece flow emerged from the need to rapidly detect defects in engine castings when Kiichiro Toyoda was reverse-engineering a Chevrolet engine in 1934, and...
View ArticleOne-piece Flow for Information Products?
Organizations that produce documents -- whether they are publications for sale, standard tests for schools, legal templates, or work instructions for production -- face challenges that differ from...
View ArticleTheories of Lean and Leveling/Heijunka| Christoph Roser
Christoph Roser has more impressive credentials than most Lean consultants, from a PhD in Engineering to a research job at Toyota labs, stints in operations at Bosch, and a professorship at Karslruhe...
View ArticleLean is about simultaneously improving all dimensions of performance,...
This is in response to Mike Micklewright‘s question on Why Is Quality So Rarely Central In Lean?: “I see so many internal Lean “experts” using “Lean” as a means to increase efficiencies and...
View ArticleDrives & Controls: Linear systems are produced in `batches of one`
See on Scoop.it – lean manufacturing Festo has implemented a manufacturing system that allows it to produce parts for linear handling systems economically in batch sizes of just one item. At its global...
View ArticleWhen One-Piece Flow Restricts Capacity
Philip Marris told me of the case of a machining cell in an auto parts plant where management was ready to buy more machines because it was “lacking capacity,” but he was able to find a cheaper way to...
View ArticleOrigin of One-Piece Flow at Toyota | Chip Chapados | LinkedIn
According to Chip Chapados, the concept of one-piece flow emerged from the need to rapidly detect defects in engine castings when Kiichiro Toyoda was reverse-engineering a Chevrolet engine in 1934, and...
View ArticleOne-piece Flow for Information Products?
Organizations that produce documents — whether they are publications for sale, standard tests for schools, legal templates, or work instructions for production — face challenges that differ from...
View ArticleTheories of Lean and Leveling/Heijunka| Christoph Roser
Christoph Roser has more impressive credentials than most Lean consultants, from a PhD in Engineering to a research job at Toyota labs, stints in operations at Bosch, and a professorship at Karslruhe...
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