What is Mura?   Most Lean practitioners that I have met have little idea as to what is Mura only really being aware of Muda or the seven wastes. Within the Toyota Production system however, which spawned what we now… Read more → Original source: http://leanmanufacturingtools.org/732/muraunevennessproductionleveling/

5S PPTx and 5S PDF Downloads If you want to learn all about 5S then the following 5S presentations in ppt (PowerPoint) format and PDF format are available to you for free download. Please note that these 5S Training presentation… Read more → Original source: http://leanmanufacturingtools.org/1014/5s-training-presentations/

“Send me a video of your process and I will help make it more efficient” One of the most common areas that companies are looking for when looking for any form of lean support is to improve their process efficiency.… Read more → Original source: http://leanmanufacturingtools.org/1106/lean-process-improvement-coaching/

“Send me a video and I will help reduce your setup times” Reducing setup time is a vital part of most Lean implementations if you want to be able to reduce batch sizes and improve process efficiency. SMED as the… Read more → Original source: http://leanmanufacturingtools.org/1109/setup-reduction-smed-coaching/

One on One Support Improving your processes can be difficult if you do not know where to start, as can be implementing Lean Manufacturing Tools such as 5S or Value Stream Mapping. Our online coaching for Lean however could be… Read more → Original source: http://leanmanufacturingtools.org/1112/one-on-one-lean-coaching-online/

Not every business or up and coming lean facilitator has the money to pay a consultant potentially thousands of dollars a day to come and provide the help and support that they are looking for. Nor do they necessarily want… Read more → Original source: http://leanmanufacturingtools.org/1114/lean-consulting-and-support/

  I must see for anyone really wanting to master Kaizen in an office environment. Kanban is the foundation for continual improvement.   Video Review A typical approach to developing your initial board. If you discover you ‘d like to dive in much deeper right into exactly how Personal Kanban can assist, I have a self-paced on-line […]

Kanban boards warns workers of impending product scarcities in addition to overstocks. Board post the container number and also essential part details on color-coded Kanban cards. As total stock bins reach the factor of us. As stock containers are cleared, get rid of the Kanban card that matches the container number from the board and also placed the […]

  Kanban System Fundamentals   Kanban approach makes use of a work-in-progress limited pull system as the core mechanism to subject system operation (or process) issues and promote partnership to continuously improve the system. One example of such a pull system is a Kanban system, and it is after this popular type of a work-in-progress, restricted […]