8 Key questions for drawing a future state value stream
8 Key questions for drawing a future state value stream The objective of VSM is to highlight sources of waste and eliminate them by implementing a future state value stream. Based on your answers, mark your future state ideas and then you can draw a future-state map with the same set of symbols used for current state […]
Six steps to avoid overproduction in your shop floor
Six steps to avoid overproduction in your shop floor If you are a person who is wondering why you need to avoid overproduction in the first place, then there is an another piece of article you need to read before going through this one – 5 reasons why overproduction is harmful. In lean manufacturing we try to get […]
How to calculate Takt Time?
How to calculate Takt Time? Takt time is a reference number that is used to match the rate of production in a manufacturing process to the rate of sales. It is used to help synchronize pace of production with the pace of sales. ‘Takt’ is a German word for a pace or beat. In other terms, […]
Five Golden Rules in Gemba
Five Golden Rules in Gemba his is our First article based on the Book “Gemba Kaizen by Masaaki Imai” Gemba means the actual place where the work is done. For a manufacturing firm the Gemba is the shop floor, for a hospital the Gemba is the Treatment wards, reception and Operation theatre and for a Cinema theatre […]
