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 […]

Work and Waste in Lean Manufacturing

Work and Waste in Lean manufacturing

Work and Waste in Lean Manufacturing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txNgJBc1Pmg Video 3: In this video I speak about the difference between “Work” and “Waste” in the lean manufacturing philosophy. Work: Any activity that brings a physical or chemical change in the product is called work. e.g. In a turning operation, work happens when the tool touches the component […]

Video on What is Lean Manufacturing?

What is Lean Manufacturing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM5kz-w8T0c This video explains Lean Manufacturing principles in simple words. This video is part of the “Lean Manufacturing Lessons for people who hate reading”. In this video we explain the 3 basic principles of Lean Manufacturing. They are: Identification and Elimination of Wastes Continual Improvement Pull of the Customer In the […]