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LeanManufacturing: October 2007
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Monday, October 22, 2007. 34Implementing a Quick Changeover / SMED Program. As many organizations begin their journeys toward a lean enterprise, they are finding the road to be difficult and filled with obstacles. The question that is most asked is where to begin. As an organization prepares for the program, it must first ask the question: why are we doing this? After the team is formed, each member needs to be trained in the principles of SMED / Quick Changeover, basic problem solving, root cause analys...
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LeanManufacturing: 22.Hoshin Planning /Policy Deployment
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Saturday, October 6, 2007. 22Hoshin Planning /Policy Deployment. What is Hoshin Planning? 8211; A statement of desired outcome for a year, plus means of. Accomplishing that outcome, and for measuring the accomplishment. 8220;Hoshin Kanri”. 8226; Shining metal or compass. 8226; Ship in a storm on the right path. 8226; Strategic policy deployment. Hoshin Planning (def.). 8211; The process used to identify and address. Critical business needs and develop the capability of employees, achieved.
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LeanManufacturing: 28.Cellular Manufacturing
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Monday, October 15, 2007. The benefits of cellular manufacturing include:. 183; WIP reduction. 183; Space utilization. 183; Lead time reduction. 183; Productivity improvement. 183; Quality improvement. 183; Enhanced teamwork and communication. 183; Enhanced flexibility and visibility. There are many misconceptions regarding cellular manufacturing. To read more about the types of cells, read our article “Types of Manufacturing Cells.”. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Enter your search terms.
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LeanManufacturing: 16. 7 waste
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Friday, October 5, 2007. The seven wastes consist of:. 6 Unnecessary / Excess Motion. This waste is related to ergonomics and is seen in all instances of bending, stretching, walking, lifting, and reaching. These are also health and safety issues, which in today’s litigious society are becoming more of a problem for organizations. Jobs with excessive motion should be analyzed and redesigned for improvement with the involvement of plant personnel. Many changes over recent years have driven organizations t...
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LeanManufacturing: 21.Kaizen-Teian Improvement Systems
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Saturday, October 6, 2007. Gradual and continuous accumulation of small improvements. Focus on team of collaborators (vs. team of experts/consultants),. Engage the entire workforce. Promote a maintained progress (vs. lack of continuity). Implement incremental improvements in small steps (vs. big leaps). Is a building block of a typical lean organization. (The other building. Block is identifying waste in operations.). Typical setting: a small team of 8-20 people from all levels and.
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LeanManufacturing: 33.Quick Changeover / SMED: An Overview
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Monday, October 22, 2007. 33Quick Changeover / SMED: An Overview. Recently, I was reviewing the incredible statistics that were produced by the recipients of the 2003 Shingo Prize for Manufacturing Excellence. Despite encompassing a variety of industries, all of the winning organizations demonstrated the same results in their continuing efforts to achieve World Class status. Just some of their accomplishments were:. 65% reduction in scrap. 80% reduction of cycle times. 80% reduction in rework. Internal o...
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LeanManufacturing: 31.Identifying Your Value Streams
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Monday, October 15, 2007. 31Identifying Your Value Streams. Identifying the entire value stream for each product or product family in your business is the first step toward eliminating waste. There are three things you will need to understand before you can identify your value stream:. 1 What is value? 2 What is a value stream? 3 What is their significance? Now that you know the definitions, how do you begin to identify the value streams in your business? Selecting A Product Family. 5 Products that visit...
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LeanManufacturing: 20.Support Function Alignment
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Friday, October 5, 2007. Policies, laws, contractual agreements. Administration of programs and activities. Systems change implementation and procedural fairness. Form sub-groups for the following support functions:. Assess what you understand to be the "current state" and the "desired state" for this support function when it comes to lean / six sigma implementation – for each the three roles listed in the following support material. Sample Activities/Competencies - HR. Sample Activities :Material storag...
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LeanManufacturing: 27.Systems Change Principles:
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Thursday, October 11, 2007. A Five-Phase Process for Envisioning, Planning, Implementing and Sustaining Change. Decomposition of Generic Implementation Model. 10 Stakeholders and Social Infrastructure. 11 Identify stakeholders (including “communities of practice”) and analyze stakeholder interests (assuming a mix. Of common and competing interests). 12 Form representative Design/Implementation Team(s with identified Champions from among leaders in stakeholder groups. 20 Shared Vision and Strategic Plan.
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LeanManufacturing: 29.Types of Manufacturing Cells
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Monday, October 15, 2007. 29Types of Manufacturing Cells. Functional cells are cells consisting of like equipment. For example, a factory that does primarily machining operations might have a bank of lathes together in a "turning cell." Another example would be a cell consisting of several sets of like test equipment. These cells are called "functional cells" because they perform a specific function (as opposed to manufacturing a complete product, assembly, etc.). 183; Waiting – Product. 8211; Because op...
