Archive for March, 2007
Sustaining Lean: Effective Audits
In my last column I discussed the benefits of Kaizen blitzes in sustaining lean. In particular, we saw how valuable these events are in teaching employees to constantly think about how they might make their work areas more efficient. This time I want to talk to you about audits. Audits also help manufacturers sustain lean, [...]
Gaining Executive Buy-In For Lean
Gaining executive buy-in for process improvement activities has been a major challenge for over 100 years. Taking a trip back in time to see how an experienced improvement engineer handled this problem can provide useful insights for today’s challenges. In 1914, Charles E. Knoeppel wrote a series of articles in The Engineer Magazine that focused on the [...]
Quick Changeover Simplified
The authors will walk you through the process of implementing a mini setup reduction program with some quick changeover tools and concepts that won’t overwhelm you. When you start seeing the results and you’re ready to implement a full-scale program, they’ll take you through an eight-step process that’s easy to understand. This compelling book is [...]
