There are several excellent books on Lean. But which one should you start with to learn Lean? Art Byrne, in this article, recommends several lean books depending on what you are looking for. Read more…… Read more
Value stream mapping (VSM) is a lean-management method for analysing series of activities typically starting from customer order to customer delivery. It’s use is extensive for manufacturing, but not so for New Product Development (NPD). But its benefit is likely to be even more for NPD than for manufacturing as identifying ‘waste’ is more difficult in NPD processes.… Read more
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
