How to Estimate Your Value Stream Mapping Benefits
Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a common assessment tool in the world of Lean Manufacturing. The idea is straightforward: create a flow chart of the…
Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a common assessment tool in the world of Lean Manufacturing. The idea is straightforward: create a flow chart of the…
The Lean Stabilization Audit measures your company's Lean maturity in three categories:Leadership and CultureWorkforce DevelopmentOperational ExcellenceIf your company struggles in any of these three categories,…
Your product list is likely a table with a column for the product's part number and a column for the product's description. There will be…
The Kanban method was inspired by how American supermarkets managed their stock, with small amounts of product displayed on shelves, and turning that product quickly.…
Flow is a further refinement on Pull, where you are moving units one at a time, based on customer orders, and also based on a Pull…
A Value Adding task is one that advances the product. Value must always be understood from the Customer's perspective. Value is “in the eyes of…
We’ve been asked this question by many of our students, who believe that when you’re operating under a Lean methodology, instead of simulating something, your…
This video defines and provides an example of what is meant by "Pull" in the world of Lean Material Management.Here is the definition of Pull,…
When you are pushing work or material, you are simply following a plan or schedule, and moving material to the next step without considering whether…
In this lesson we'll review some of the origins of Lean Methods, as they relate to Material Flow. Even today, many of the Material Flow…