Archive for May, 2009

As we organize our shop floor and start identifying issues that interrupt the flow of products, we will need to be very organized to efficiently solve them. As I had mentioned in my previous post Scientific Thinking is very much required. But now what is a more significant issue ,which... »

It has been very beneficial to organize the plant using 5S. The basic goal of this program was to achieve stability and standardization. We used tools like 5S and Standard Work and educated ourselves as how they form the foundation for any Improvement in the future. The System that was setup, not... »

After almost a year after writing the job descriptions we realised it was not sufficient to manage process as our shop floor evolved with lean implementation. It just did not provide the information of what needs to be done and when on day to day basis. Effectiveness at a particular job was more dependant... »

Organization’s internal processes transformation is dependent on the resources available, but market does not wait for you . Things change so fast that most organizations are not able to keep up. Already there has been a major shift as per various studies which... »

Visual controls are one of the most effective tools of lean managment. They are simple to use and when properly designed and used will provide real time information About the process. Computerized data collection on other hand may not necessarily be real time. Someone has to enter the data and then it has to be... »