Lean manufacturing failures often occur due to companies’ superficial understanding of the concept, the lack of support from top management. The focus on production processes while neglecting other crucial aspects, and the expectation of quick results without embracing the underlying philosophy of lean manufacturing. General Question : Why Lean manufacturing failures ? Companies embarking on […]
Six Sigma Methodology (or interpretation, “6 Sigma”) is become increasingly common in the practice of modern companies. This article provides an example of how to apply the technique “6 Sigma” at the stage when the business processes of the enterprise are described, graphical models are built, and their analysis is carried out for subsequent optimization.
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It is obvious that there may be some mistakes that can happen during implementation of lean on the production floor. The article tries to cover these kinds of mistakes that often occur during the implementation phase of lean manufacturing. To date, there are few manufacturing companies that do not know and do not
What is T Test? T test is six sigma comparative method that provides confidence intervals for the manufacturing to make decision. To understand T test, central limit theorem and hypothesis test concept are very important. Central limit theorem If we repeatedly sample from a population and calculate the meaning of each sample, we can
The Lean Journey is actually a continuous improvement process for eliminating waste, optimize manufacturing, and increase efficiency. Lean Journey in Manufacturing – where to begin. Almost everyone in manufacturing has heard about lean manufacturing. Most large corporations are in various stages of implementation. Many companies are currently applying the principles and building a lean
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Understand the key facts that cause most of the enterprises are fails in the implementation of 5S at all levels of production floor. Yesterday, a friend sent me a 5S CD, which was a video of him conducting 5S training at other companies and want me to give suggestions. When I saw him talking
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6 Sigma management, as a modern total quality management based on the principle of economy. It is gradually attracting people’s attention. Understanding 6 Sigma does not require deep statistical techniques or background. In fact, what 6 Sigma can be answers in a variety of different ways. Here we will specifically define 6 Sigma as:
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Golden Rules of Gemba Kaizen | There are actually five Golden Rules of Gemba Kaizen for better improvement of production flow levels. Sadly, most managers prefer their own desk as a workplace, and they have as a rule, there is a desire to distance oneself from the events taking place in the Gemba. Many executives
Lean management is a philosophy, but due to regular use in the business, it becomes a practice. It focuses on eliminating waste from production processes, which is to take the proper efforts as ultimately goal to add value to the customer. Implementation of lean manufacturing can be challenging job due to common pitfalls. Such as
Visual Management is a mechanism or management method, which can clarify at a glance, what problems are occurring on the site, it enables problem solving as well as appropriate countermeasures. This is directly aimed at creating production efficiency and reducing costs, simplifying the management business of managers and supervisors, and improving their efficiency and improving
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