…all you need to know
…all you need to know
This is a common question that is asked about the use of Kanbans. Remember that a Kanban is just the fancy ( Japanese ) name for any visual signal or reminder that it is time to re-stock the supply of materials, parts, goods that are needed for the next downstream activity in your process. …
How to calculate the correct Kanban levels for restocking ? Read More »
How Kanban systems are used in new cutting edge industries …HP, Pixar, Zara and Spotify Written by James Gordon Kanban is a Lean Manufacturing Tool for producing items in a highly efficient manner. It’s a scheduling system which tell you what to produce, when to produce it, and how much to produce. Kanban is also the …
Kanban tools are now used by Pixar, Spotify and Zara Read More »
DEFINITION OF LEAN SIX SIGMA;Lean Six Sigma is the name given to a set of principles, tools and techniques for managing and improving the business processes that provide the products and services that our customers are paying for. It focuses on creating value for the customer in the most efficient way, with engaged and committed workers who …
Definition of Lean Six Sigma ( See if you can improve on this one ! ) Read More »
http://www.chem1.com/acad/webtext/matmeasure/mm5.html Very well written and clear account of how Normal distribution and Confidence Intervals are used for making decisions. Here is a sample: 3 Using statistical tests to make decisions Once we have obtained enough information on a given sample to evaluate parameters such as means and standard deviations, we are often faced with the …
Chemistry Perspective on Six Sigma concept of Normal Distribution ad Confidence interval Read More »
This 2 day tunnel project in Holland ( A12 between Ede and Bennekom) is a wonderful example of Lean Six Sigma principles in action. See full 2 day Time-Lapse video here : www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEa9jrkQm0c 1. Identify and remove every kind of non-value-added activity ( rework, waiting, transport, motion etc ) and focus on delivery of the value ( …
Confused about the concept of Process Sigma Level, Cpk and Ppk ? This is actually quite easy to explain. 1. Process Sigma Level and Cpk are 2 different index numbers that are used to indicate the Capability of a process to meet customer expectations with its output ( product or service being delivered …
I am often asked questions about the ‘official’ body of knowledge for Lean Six Sigma and who is the official certification organisation for Lean Six Sigma ?Yes there have been well documented Bodies of Knowledge for Six Sigma for many years. Both the IASSC ( IASSC.org) and ASQ (ASQ.org) have published Bodies of Knowledge documents which …
With the utmost respect to my fellow professionals I cannot for the life of me understand why they still want to promote PDCA when in fact DMAIC is a much more well balanced, logical, easier to teach, easier to follow methodology. For a start the word ‘Plan’ is too generic a word. Are we not …
DMAIC is a far superior process improvement framework / methodology than PDCA, right ? Read More »
I just finished reading through the official training document the ‘Healthcare Leaders’ in the Northumberland and Tyne and Wear National Health Service ( NHS), England for what they call their ‘Continuous Improvement System’ Just a couple of point that the NHS may want to consider changing to make this a more effective training course and …
England’s National Health Service ( NHS) training for Lean Read More »
