Lean Tools
7 Wastes in Lean : A Brief Overview 7 Wastes in Lean We already know what is at the core of “lean” and how it seeks to add-value and eliminate waste from the processes, let’s look at another simple tool/guideline that can rid an organization of wasteful activities/processes. Eliminating Waste or “Muda” as it is …
3M Lean Tool in a Nutshell The 3M method of TPS (Toyota Production System) is called so because of the three Japanese words used by Toyota to describe 3 unwanted types of elements from their production floor. These are… Muda: Means “Waste” and, as we already saw this is the different types of wastes, several …
5S Lean Tool Explained 5S in Lean 5S is actually a lean tool that originated in Japan’s highly organized manufacturing plants where it was seen that if each production stage follows the 5S principle the production will be much faster and less prone to stoppages and wastes. The term “5S” comes from five Japanese words: …
Kaizen The word “Kaizen”, also like many of its lean counterparts has its roots in Japanese. It’s a compound word made up from “Kai” (Change) and “Zen” (Perfection/Improvement). Kaizen was also a part of the TPS (Toyota Production System), wherein traditionally a Toyota team at a manufacturing plant would temporarily halt its production in case …
Now, let’s talk about six sigma…, Six Sigma was term coined by Motorola for their group of Project-Management and statistical techniques used to create processes with very low defect count such as 3.4 DPMO (Defects per million opportunities) for a six sigma process. Among Early adopters of Six Sigma were organizations like GE and …
Lean Six Sigma How can Lean Six Sigma benefit you… The most pertinent of questions atleast when we start out our careers is whether some knowledge can benefit me and my career path in the short/long run or both !!? So with this let’s explore the answer to this question via some very precise answers …
In complex scenarios once the major causes to a particular effect are established properly, it is only then that 5 Whys are used to further drill down these to reach the root-cause of the problem.