In this lean post Drew Locher argues that many organisations do not use the full power of the lean tool Value Steam Map. Many organisations merely draw current state maps with a few “Kaizen bursts” and do not include and manage future state maps. … Read more
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Measure to measure equipment performance. It is an aggregate measure that includes equipment availability rate, equipment performance rate and Quality losses. Read more…… Read more
Here is a must read book for printing and bindery organisations if they are considering implementing lean: “A Practical Guide to Reducing Makeready Time in Print Manufacturing” written by Malcom G. Keif and Kevin Cooper. Read more…… Read more
Root cause analysis helps to identify the underlying cause(s) of an issue. Here is an article that provides basics of undertaking root cause analysis. Read more…… Read more
