What is Paper Kaizen?

What is Paper Kaizen? Paper kaizen is a continuous improvement process which describes a process on a paper, used to identify and eliminate/ reduce the waste (Non Value Adding Activities) in the process and thereby streamline the entire process. Every process consists of a set of work elements that will be value adding or non […]

Value Stream Mapping – Selecting a Product Family

How to select a product family for value Stream mapping? This post focus on how to select a product family for value stream mapping analysis. The first step in value stream mapping is to select the right family of products. A family is a group of products that has similar processing steps and common machines […]

Difference between Cycle Time, Value Adding Time and Lead Time

What are the differences between Cycle Time, Value Added Time and Lead Time? Beginners in lean manufacturing often get confused with the terms Cycle Time, Value Added Time, and Lead Time. In this article, we explain these terms for easy understanding. Cycle Time The time between two successive outputs from a machine or an operation. […]