Tools
Visual Management: Visual Controls That Drive Action
Learn how visual management and visual controls make standards, abnormalities, priorities, performance, and follow-up visible at the point of use.
Read More »Focused Improvement Training. CAP-Do and the 16 Major Losses
The packer was equipped with 12 obsolete pneumatic control valves...
Read More »Activity Boards and Visual Management Guide
Learn how to design activity boards and visual management routines for daily meetings, KPIs, action tracking, Gemba follow-up, safety, quality, and improvement.
Read More »Introduction to the Toyota Production System (TPS)
Brief history of Manufacturing 1980’s OPEC oil embargo drives up fuel prices, Japan imports small cars with increased fuel mileage. How we learned about TPS Quality of cars – but not right awayPilgrimages – Hayes, Wheelwright, ClarkJoint ventures – Nummi-Geo…Japanese NA operations-Georgetown, KYJapanese sages- Ohno, Shingo, MondenAmerican translation – “Lean”,…
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