Lean Manufacturing has become very popular in India & some countries in East Africa. however implementing Lean in right way requires deep understanding of concept and philosophy behind Lean. Most of the consultants and organisation go by the Tool Implementation [...]
Objective of Planned Maintenance pillar in TPM is to enhance natural life of the equipment by focuses on two key category of activities: Maintenance Activities to fix and prevent failures Improvement Activities To extend life span of part, To [...]
Kobetsu Kaizen (Focused Improvement) is first Pillar of Total Productive Maintenance is used to address non equipment related losses and losses which can not be addressed by other pillars. Kobetsu Kaizen means Focused Improvement and uses the approach of Root [...]
Value stream mapping also known as Material & Information flow mapping in Toyota Motors, is more than a tool to draw pictures that highlight waste. It helps us see linked chains of processes and create Future state of a Lean [...]
A Lean or Kaizen Event, also referred to as a Kaizen Workshop, Kaizen Blitz, Breakthrough Kaizen, or Rapid Improvement Event, is a powerful tool for accelerating improvement. It’s a structured team activity designed to remove waste and implement improvements in [...]
Standard work for leaders, the engine of lean kaizen management, is the highest leverage tool in the lean kaizen management system. Leader standard work provides a structure and routine that helps leaders shift from a sole focus on results to [...]
An engineer in a car manufacturing company designs a world class car. The owner is impressed with the outcome and praised him a lot. While trying to bring out the car from the manufacturing area to the showroom, they realised [...]
Having right mindset is ket to get results from Lean Kaizen Implementation. Leaders need to have right mindset to have maximum benefits from Kaizen / Lean Implementation program. Lean thinking starts with the customer and works back from there, defining [...]
5S is foundation for implementation of Lean Manufacturing / Kaizen / TPM etc. if Gemba is full of unwanted items, dust, dirt, no improvement is possible. Also poor housekeeping leads to lot of wasteful activities such as searching, waiting, excess [...]
TPM clearly identifies roles of Top management, Operators and Maintenance Role of Top Management in TPM & Autonomous Maintenance: For Top Management pillar champions are identified to provide leadership in terms of: Setting priorities (where to start, what next?) Setting [...]
