19th February 2008
If you’re in the business world, you have either heard of lean manufacturing or six sigma. Almost every company in either the service or manufacturing sector has adopted one of these two disciplines as an improvement methodology.
Some businesses ha...
28th January 2008
The word “kaizen” is used in the business world to depict a team working on a quick continuous improvement project. The word is actually Japanese for “incremental improvement”.
Kaizen events are often conducted as part of the lean manufacturi...
15th November 2007
Six sigma is gaining in popularity as one of the most business improvement initiatives. Major corporations such as GE and Motorola implemented six sigma principles for many years. However, in recent years, the six sigma methodology has gained widesp...
10th November 2007
Six sigma and lean manufacturing are utilized as improvement tools to improve the business. This improvement can take many forms, such as increased business, reduced costs, and improved cycle times or service. Although lean six sigma projects can be ut...
06th November 2007
There are many companies implementing lean manufacturing through their continuous improvement initiatives. Often, one of the first decisions is to send a few employees to a lean manufacturing seminar.Too often, the individuals selected look for a local s...
05th November 2007
Lean Manufacturing is being utilized by businesses of all sizes today. Although it took a few years to become mainstream, the success stories from mid-size to large corporations have pushed lean manufacturing down to very small organizations.Most of the...
05th November 2007
There are many definitions of lean manufacturing. Some include words about value added activities and waste reduction.Our definition is the “continuous elimination of all waste resulting in a system of value added activity”. The key word is continu...
30th October 2007
Companies of all sizes are now implementing lean manufacturing. Businesses as small as a dentist office are blogging about using lean manufacturing techniques to improve the process and lower costs.If a company is contemplating hiring a lean manufacturin...
11th October 2007
Lean Manufacturing is being implemented in thousands of corporations today. Although the discipline has been in existence for over two decades, only the largest corporations have any long term use of the tools.In fact, many corporations have only begun ...
11th October 2007
Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma are wildly popular continuous improvement methodologies, utilized by thousands of corporations today.Some companies decide to implement lean manufacturing, while others believe six sigma is the necessary initiative to impr...
11th October 2007
Inside the lean manufacturing community, there is talk of a few high profiles failures recently. There is a lot of discussion with the lean community regarding how this could happen.Most of the real lean manufacturing experts understand the few reasons ...
04th October 2007
Lean Manufacturing is being implemented in thousands of corporations today. Although the discipline has been in existence for over two decades, only the largest corporations have any long term use of the tools.In fact, many corporations have only begun ...
25th September 2007
A new job has emerged in recent years, the title of which more resembles a karate instructor than a business professional. It is called the Six Sigma Black Belt.After years of use by major corporations, six sigma is being utilized by small and mid-size ...
20th September 2007
Six Sigma TrainingSix sigma was once reserved for the largest corporations in the world. During the last few years, six sigma has moved to mid-size and small organizations seeking a way to improve their business. Some of these companies employ a singl...
14th August 2007
Kaizen – Lean Manufacturing Continuous Improvement
One of the most popular buzzwords in business today is the word “kaizen”. It is a Japanese word meaning “incremental improvement”.
Kaizen was formalized by the Toyota Production System...
