Lean methodology in healthcare emphasizes continuous improvement, patient safety, and employee engagement without overburdening individuals. It aligns hospital missions with daily practices, enabling more efficient, cost-effective care delivery. However, successful implementation requires a cultural shift and ongoing commitment beyond [...]
Kaizen workshops are structured team activities aimed at swiftly applying lean methods to eliminate production waste in specific shopfloor areas. Preparation includes selecting an area, defining a problem, and establishing baseline measurements. Teams are trained, and a timeframe is [...]
Kamishibai boards offer a straightforward way to manage tasks and processes with a visual red-green card system where the red side of the card shows the task is incomplete and the green side of the card shows that the [...]
Kaizen means continual (step by step) improvement. there are two most common methods to identify Kaizen projects in an organisation. Kaizen projects can be identified by doing Value stream mapping and by Conducting Kaizen assessment. Key objectives of conducting [...]
Daily Work Management is a process to gain control over plan vs actual and to bring stability and predictability in day to day processes. Daily work management allows to know on a daily basis if we are on track [...]
Introduction: In the ever-evolving landscape of manufacturing, businesses are constantly striving to optimize their processes and achieve higher levels of productivity. Two concepts that have gained significant attention in recent years are Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Industry 4.0. [...]
Medical Device manufacturing involves lot of manual work, thus faces challenges in manpower productivity. Various Lean Kaizen techniques can be used to improve the productivity. A leading medical devices (Rapid tests) manufacturer was facing following problems and approached RIB [...]
OEE stands for Overall Equipment Effectiveness. This is different from the efficiency of a machine which is Quantity produced in a certain time.OEE is a factor of the following elements shown below: Losses that reduce OEE: Losses that Impact [...]
The Indian Pharmaceutical industry is undergoing a very interesting shift; at one hand it is creating its own mark in the global landscape with its latest innovations/discoveries, while on the other hand, the fragmented Indian market is poised for [...]
The 5S approach is a simple but powerful method for shopfloor improvement. Progressive shopfloor improvement techniques are vital for companies who want to stay competitive and to achieve world-class excellence. Companies must find new ways to ensure the survival in [...]
