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3P – Production Preparation Process
Lean experts typically view 3P as one of the most powerful and transformative advanced manufacturing tools, and it is typically only used by organizations...
5S Workplace Organization
5S is a reference to five Japanese words that describe standardized cleanup: Seiri : tidiness, organization. Refers to the practice of sorting through all...
A3 Reports And A3 Thinking
As the amount of information that we have at our fingertips grows at an exponential rate, the ability to synthesize and distill information becomes...
Activity- Based Costing
Activity-based costing (ABC) is a method of allocating costs to products and services. It is generally used as a tool for planning and control....
Agile Manufacturing
Agile manufacturing is the ability to accomplish rapid changeover between the manufacture of different assemblies. Rapid changeover is further defined as the ability to...
Andon
You have probably heard of andon cords, andon boards, andon lights, etc. Andon is a Japanese word, which means “lantern” or “lamp”. Lanterns have...
Autonomation
Autonomation describes a feature of machine design to effect the principle of “Jidoka” used in the Toyota Production System. Autonomation, or Jidoka, may also...
Benchmarking
Benchmarking is a tool to help you improve your business processes. Any business process can be benchmarked. It is the process of identifying, understanding,...
Best Practices
A best practice is a technique or methodology that, through experience and research, has proven to reliably lead to a desired result. A commitment...
Business Intelligence Resources
The term Business Intelligence (BI) represents the tools and systems that play a key role in the strategic planning process of the corporation. These...
Competitive Intelligence Resources
Competitive intelligence is a formalized yet continuously evolving process by which the management team assesses the evolution of its industry and the capabilities and...
Continuous Flow Resources
Continuous flow processing creates shorter lead times by having no or minimum work-in-process inventory. Defects are identified early and standardized work is used to...
Continuous Improvement Resources
See also Kaizen. Kaizen is the lean manufacturing term for continuous improvement and was originally used to describe a key element of the Toyota...
DFM Design for Manufacturing Resources
Design for manufacturing (DFM) is a development practice emphasizing manufacturing issues throughout the product development process. Successful DFM results in lower production cost without...
