The Gemba Academy team was at The Association for Manufacturing Excellence annual conference in Dallas last week, the largest lean conference in the world. By all accounts, it was a great success, with over a thousand people excited about finally getting together in person again to network, participate in workshops, and hear motivating keynotes…….… Read more
Without listening (to customers, employees, patients, suppliers, etc.), it’s not really Lean is it? Listening is a core aspect of what Toyota would call “Respect for People?”….read on…… Read more
Trevelyan’s, one of New Zealand’s leading Kiwifruit packhouse, cool storage facility and orchard management services provider, believes the challenges of labour shortages, infrastructure costs, climate change, and more. present the perfect opportunity to reflect and continuously grow as a company. Read more.… Read more
When organisations are unable to get through what they want, they tend to add additional resources (machines, people, space, etc.) hoping to improve throughput. This approach may work, but it definitely increases cost per unit and increases organisational complexity. The problem may well be due to lack of flow. … Read more
A procedure is a set of instructions to in given situation whereas a standard work refers to steps to do right the first time. In this article Michael Balle further expands the differences between these two which is worth knowing. Read more…… Read more
The scope to improve productivity and reduce costs in meat processing industries is huge. British based Food Chain Centre undertook a pilot study to examine the potential and the likely benefits of implementing lean. If you are working in meat industry and wanting to know how to implement lean, this is must read report.… Read more
