Context and Challenges A leading hygiene and personal care manufacturer supplying retailers across multiple regions was facing low Customer Service Index (OTIFEF), high transport downtime...
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Context and Challenges The cosmetics division of a large consumer-goods company was struggling to build a sustainable, profitable business: No clear business and innovation strategy...
Context and Challenges A leading dairy processing firm producing dairy products and fruit juices, despite having modern facilities faced multiple performance issues across the value...
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Lean in Hospitals
Lean in Hospitals Lean methodology in healthcare emphasizes continuous improvement, patient safety, and employee engagement without overburdening individuals. It aligns hospital missions with daily practices,...
Conducting Kaizen Workshops for accelerating improvement Kaizen workshops are structured team activities aimed at swiftly applying lean methods to eliminate production waste in specific shopfloor...
Improving Manpower Productivity in Sugar Industry through Lean Manufacturing Lean Manufacturing has always been known for ‘more enhancements’ and ‘less diminutions.’, But who knew that...
Lean Implementation in Pharmaceutical industry The Indian Pharmaceutical industry is undergoing a very interesting shift; at one hand it is creating its own mark in...
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Implementing 5S At Your Workplace
Implementing 5S At Your Workplace The 5S approach is a simple but powerful method for shopfloor improvement. Progressive shopfloor improvement techniques are vital for companies...
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Lean Manufacturing
Lean Manufacturing Lean Manufacturingsimply means eliminating waste from manufacturing processes including waste of work in progress and finished goods inventories. What is waste? Waste is...
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Kaizen Benefits and Implementation
Kaizen Benefits and Implementation “In Japanese, Kaizen means“continuous improvement”. “The word implies improvement that involves everyone—both managers and workers”. Kaizen is for any organisation (manufacturing,...
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Benefits of 5S (Five S)
Benefits of 5S (Five S) Companies implementing 5S experience many benefits from implementing the five pillars of 5S, such as increasing product diversity, raising quality,...
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Cellular Manufacturing with Machines
Cellular Manufacturing with Machines The concept of a Cellular Manufacturing applies to processes involving machines as well as to manual assembly, with improvement opportunities of...
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How to Implement Lean Manufacturing?
How to Implement Lean Manufacturing? Lean Manufacturing has become very popular in India & some countries in East Africa. however implementing Lean in right way...
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Benefits of Value Stream Mapping
Benefits of Value Stream Mapping Value stream mapping also known as Material & Information flow mapping in Toyota Motors, is more than a tool to...
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How to Conduct Lean Kaizen Event
How to Conduct Lean Kaizen Event | Kaizen Workshops? A Lean or Kaizen Event, also referred to as a Kaizen Workshop, Kaizen Blitz, Breakthrough Kaizen,...
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What is Leader Standard Work?
What is Leader Standard Work? Standard work for leaders, the engine of lean kaizen management, is the highest leverage tool in the lean kaizen management...
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What is 5S system in Kaizen
What is 5S system in Kaizen | Lean Manufacturing 5S is foundation for implementation of Lean Manufacturing / Kaizen / TPM etc. if Gemba is...
Right mindset: Key to get results from Lean Kaizen Implementation Having right mindset is ket to get results from Lean Kaizen Implementation. Leaders need to...
What is Waste in Lean Manufacturing / Kaizen? Way to reduce costs through lean manufacturing or kaizen is all about identification, reduction and elimination of...
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Requirements for Flow Manufacturing
Requirements for Flow Manufacturing Flow manufacturing is key component of Lean manufacturing and Toyota Production System. Flow manufacturing plays a vital role in throughput time...
How do you teach your new recruits to spot waste in your process? Training the new recruits in a Manufacturing environment is a great responsibility...
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Lean Manufacturing / Kaizen- Are you Ready?
Lean Manufacturing / Kaizen- Are you Ready? Innumerable books have been written about Toyota and their lean manufacturing practices. Literally thousands of companies have tried...
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Key Features of Standards in Lean Kaizen
Key Features of Standards in Lean Kaizen Following standards in Kaizen is like driving a car. The driver must follow certain regulations and yet, as...
Kaizen Implementation through Kaizen Workshops In the world of continuous improvement (CI), Kaizen may perhaps be the most misunderstood concept. We’ve heard executives refer to...
Learning to see waste: Standing in a Circle exercise Learning to identify the seven types of waste (MUDA) is first challenge in implementing Lean Kaizen....
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5S /5K implementation in Kaizen
5S /5K implementation in Kaizen Many companies begin their lean improvement journey by first implementing 5S, the Japanese methodology minimizing errors and mistake proofing: seiri...
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Benefits of Kaizen / Lean Manufacturing
Benefits of Kaizen / Lean Manufacturing What is the benefits of implementing Kaizen and economic rationale for pursuing lean manufacturing. Much of the Kaizen Lean...
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History of Kaizen / Lean thinking
History of Kaizen / Lean thinking The story of Kaizen and Lean thinking began in the early 1900s in Japan with the Toyoda family business,...
RIB Consulting Client “Strongpak” in Zambia wins the Gold Award in Manufacturing Sector The 4th National KAIZEN Conference took place at the Mulungushi International Conference...