Obeya is a Japanese term meaning a ‘big room”. It is like a “war room” dedicated to working on a problem in a more intensive and coordinated way. Team members ‘see’ the process and know where and when actions need to be completed and where problems might arise.… Read more
Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is central to implementing Lean. However, how well this tool is used in lean transformations? If you want to learn tips to make most of VSM, read this article. Read more…… Read more
What is standardised work? What are the elements of standardised work? How is this related to Lean transformation? Is it possible to implement standardise work in a surfing school? If a surfing school can implement standardised work, why can’t you? Read more…… Read more
You know you have to improve your operations. But you don’t know where to start and how to start. You don’t know which problem to tackle and how to even articulate the problem at hand. Here is one tool that may be what you want.… Read more
Here is an inspiring case of a medical device manufacturer who adopted lean principles into their manufacturing which helped to reduce their costs and retain their customer. Their customer was about to ditch them to buy the same products from low cost countries like China and India.… Read more
Do you want accelerate your lean programme? Do you want to improve your pull system? Do you want to reduce your inventory further? If so you need to PFEP: plan for every part. Read more…
