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[VIDEO] Vintage Jaguar Factory Tour

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Jaguar has set the standard for luxury and speed in fine motorcars since 1922. The company was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company, making sidecars for motorcycles, before building auto bodies. Over the years, Jaguar quickly became the name known for quality, luxury and speed. Through several decades of growth, the brand developed through several […]

[VIDEO] Great Eastern Cutlery Factory Tour

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Since 2006, Great American Cutlery has built the reputation for making the finest quality traditional pocket knives in the US. Located in historic Titusville, PA, the brand focuses on a hands-on process which yields the most beautiful and high quality pocket knives on the market. Their products exceed expectations from customers by producing a product […]

[VIDEO] Vintage Honda Factory Tour

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Take a step back in time with a vintage Honda factory tour! Since 1959, Honda has been setting records. They are the largest manufacturers of motorcycles and internal combustion engines in the world. In 2001, they became the second largest Japanese auto manufacturer. Honda also manufactures garden equipment, marine engines, personal watercraft, power generators, and other […]

Hoshin Kanri Aligns Goals and Unifies Organizations

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The concept of Hoshin Kanri provides clarity and focus to an organization, by aligning strategic goals through all levels of an organization. It creates an organic flow of information which runs through an organization, where goals run down from management, through the mid-level operation to the production floor. In return, the flow reverses and the […]

Key Performance Indicators Can Predict an Impending Storm

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Key performance indicators (KPIs) are among the most common tools used in business to help manage more effectively and guide the progress of the organization. They provide clarity to murky issues and put the spotlight on potential opportunities. Key performance indicators can help an organization predicate an impending storm and avoid potential downfalls. Leaders often […]

How to Improve Service Delivery in Government with Lean Six Sigma

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Many challenges exist when trying to implement lean in a governmental context. These include workforce structure, complex relationships with stakeholders, policies that discourage risk taking, and the problem of challenging existing structures. Although it is difficult to introduce lean thinking into government circles, it is possible. People who have worked in lean-focused change programs within […]

[VIDEO] Kanban Board Creates Opportunities

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Kanban is a lean method to manage and improve systems and process across an organization. The methodology balances the demands with available capacity, and improves the handling of system level bottlenecks. The Kanban board is a tool within the methodology which will allow the visualization of any process. The goal of a Kanban system is […]

Push/Pull Production for Your Manufacturing Process

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Push and pull models of manufacturing are two major approaches implemented by organizations. The decision on which approach to use is often based on their business strategy. Push and pull-based models in manufacturing starts at the planning phase and continues through the execution stage. Watch this informative video on Push/Pull Production!   Related Posts:Pull Production […]

5 Benefits of One-Piece Flow

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    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 production to the next one piece after the other. This is in contrast to other models of production which have […]