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[VIDEO] Collaborative Leadership is a Mindset
Leading in turbulent times requires a deliberate shift from command-and-control towards a collaborative style of leadership. This may be easier for some than others. It requires a shift in mindset!...
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How to Use Six Sigma to Reduce Billing Errors in Healthcare
In 2000, a landmark report dubbed ‘To Err is Human” was published by the Institute of Medicine that aimed to place issues of safety, errors and management of quality on the radar of all healthcare...
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Improving Quality Process at a University Using Six Sigma
Across a multitude of industries, many organizations around the world have adopted Six Sigma methodologies to their operations in order to reduce waste and make them more efficient. From government...
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Flow and its Application in Lean Manufacturing
Flow, as used within a Lean manufacturing scenario, offers a radical departure from traditional methods of process improvement. However, it needs to be fully incorporated throughout the manufacturing...
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How to Use Lean Flow for Production Efficiency
Lean flow is a methodology that was developed by Toyota to make its production processes more efficient. Since then, it has been adopted by a majority of machine shops throughout the US and across the...
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3 Ways to Achieve Lean and Kanban Flow Efficiency
There are 14 principles in lean thinking, with flow being one of the most important. In an organizational context, flow is used to refer to how smoothly work flows through a system. ‘Good’ flow occurs...
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[VIDEO] The True Focus of Lean and TPS
The true concept of lean and TPS has two main pillars. These two pillars are respect for people and continuous improvement. Many organizations who try and embrace lean thinking and TPS are often...
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TPS and the Two Pillars of Lean
When first learning about TPS and lean, most become focused on the tools. They tend to be flashy and lend to endless discussion about technique and application. But as you gain experience and...
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How Kanban Systems Can Help in Lean Manufacturing
If you have any experience of Lean manufacturing, then it is likely that you may have heard about the term Kanban. Kanban represents a highly visual method of workflow management which has proven to...
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Optimizing Inventory in a Manufacturing Plant: 5 Methods
Senior executives of manufacturing organizations all know and understand the importance of managing inventory. What is surprising is how many managers are unable to get inventory optimization right....
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Controlling WIP in the Automotive Industry
In the current economic climate, many manufacturers are coming under continuous pressure to cut down on their costs from both the market and shareholders. In particular, shareholders expect them to...
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Breaking Down Resource Efficiency vs Flow Efficiency
Thanks to its success, many businesses today are considering working under the Agile philosophy, which stresses the value of process efficiency. However, they face a major stumbling block: the choice...
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5 Principles for an Effective Kanban System
The kanban method, also known in Japanese as ‘kamban’ and translates into the equivalent of ‘signboard’ in Chinese, is a concept that stresses visualization of a person or team that is available to...
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Marketing Professionals Adopt Lean Agile Techniques
Marketing professionals are starting to take their cues from the manufacturing industry and adopt lean agile principles to improve performance and value. A common tool in lean agile practices used in...
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[VIDEO] Lean Agile Sprints for Marketing
In taking a cue from manufacturing, marketing departments are embracing the principles of lean agile practices. Research shows that over the past five years, 77% of marketing departments have embraced...
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3 Ways to Increase Efficiency in Healthcare with Kanban
At first, it may be hard to believe that it is possible for a process which was developed for efficiency in supermarkets could be adapted to the world of healthcare. During the 1940s, Toyota employees...
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The Importance of Managing WIP in Business
Work In Progress (WIP) – sometimes also referred to as Work in Process – refers to any work within a business process which has been started but is not yet complete. It is fairly obvious that any work...
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3 Techniques to Reduce WIP (Work in Process) in Manufacturing
Work in Process (WIP), in some cases also referred to as Work in Progess, refers to inventory which has entered the manufacturing process, is no longer part of the inventory of raw materials, but is...
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5 Practical Examples of Work in Process
In manufacturing, Work in Process (WIP) – also referred to as Work in Progress – is a category of inventory that consists of unfinished items which still require further assembly, processing or...
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5 Benefits of One-Piece Flow
Among the key methods that organizations today use to set up a lean environment is to implement one-piece flow. In one-piece flow, production of a particular item is moved from one stage of...
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