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Cause and effect diagram (Ishikawa Diagram)
A company has a problem that they need solving. For sake of example, it is a quality issue. So the company gathers a team together to figure out what is happening to truly cause this problem. They have all heard of a “root cause analysis”, and w...
Visual Workplace
When you are driving, do you normally follow the laws of the road by listening to auditory cues, or do you normally use visual cues to guide you through the maze of roads, walkways, turns, and curves? Of course, you primarily use visual cues, paying...
Workflow diagram – An important lean tool
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. In the case of business and process management, this couldn’t be any more true. When it comes time to lean out a process, system, or business, the question of visualizing the process always comes ...
Value Stream Mapping (VSM) – Visualize the Value
It should be obvious that an ideal business and manufacturing process should run smoothly without any interruption between steps or departments. The quickest way from point A to point B is in a straight line, and the easiest way to achieve that stra...
Theory Of Constraints (TOC)
The Theory of Constraints is a tool that came about in 1984 from the Israeli physicist and business management author Eliyahu M. Goldratt. The theory and philosophy was born from the appropriately named Goldratt book, The Goal, which proclaimed that...
Takt Time – the Rhythm of lean manufacturing
Do you know how long it will take you to read this article? If you glanced at your watch before you opened this article, look at it again when you are done. Then, read ten more articles and take the average reading time. Is that fast? Or is it slow?...
