How to Design a Value Stream that Can Flow
Welcome to Part 3 of a 5-part series on Lean Design. In Part 1 I made the case that the achievement of “flow” is a…
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June 25, 2018
Measuring “Flow”
Welcome to Part 2 of a 5-part series on Lean Design. In Part 1 I made the case that the achievement of “flow” is a…
June 20, 2018
What is Flow Manufacturing?
Welcome to Part 1 of a 5-part series on Lean Design. You would not expect to build a house without a good set of drawings…
June 18, 2018
How to do Kaizen (Without BSing or Hoping)
A few years back, I attended a talk by the CEO of a major manufacturing company. He shared with us that his company had conducted…
June 14, 2018
Objections: “Kanban doesn’t work in my factory”
"Kanban doesn't work in my factory." This is one of the most common objections I hear to the Mixed Model methodology. You know what? Sometimes…
April 10, 2018
Material Management Case Study
How can one simple Material Management change free up six million dollars of cash That's the case study I'll be telling you about in Part…
April 5, 2018
The Biggest Issue Facing Most Factories
In my 20+ years as a Lean consultant, I've found that there is one issue that more factories have difficulties with than any other: Material…
April 3, 2018
Advanced Lean Training: Ask Me Anything
So you spent all of this time and money designing your production line. You took it live. And it is not meeting expectations. What do you do…
February 6, 2018
How to Design an Unbeatable Value Stream
Optimal floor space usage, flexible scheduling, high productivity, these are just a few of the benefits of designing an optimized value stream. In this webinar…
January 11, 2018
[Part 10] Three Options for Moving Forward
If the previous nine Parts of this series have sparked your interest in the subject of Mixed Model Manufacturing, then it’s appropriate to review some…
July 7, 2017