Standard work is a common practice used by many who apply lean and Six Sigma into their workflow, and it has many benefits that can be realized by pretty much every organization out there. It’s important to study the implications of standard work and consider its integration into your own company’s workflow if you want […]
[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 […]
Kanban Board Optimizes Efficiency and Process
The Kanban board is a lean tool for managing flow in a process. From simple processes to the most complex, the board will visually represent a every step in a process process and show the status at any given time. During the late 1940’s, the line workers at Toyota displayed colored Kanbans to notify downstream […]
How to Implement a Lean Marketing Strategy
Lean brings a fundamental change in the way companies build products and manage activities. It is about validating hypotheses and aims to reduce the waste activities (not bringing value to the customer) and increase efficiency. Recently, Lean marketing has started to become popular and for a reason! Its process is primarily focused on iteration, testing, […]
Value-Added Time in Healthcare and Its Importance
Value-added time is an extremely important concept to study if you’re trying to optimize the flow of any process or system of processes, and it has special value in some specific environments. Typically, areas where response time is critical tend to benefit more from a stronger approach to this factor, and healthcare […]
PDSA vs DMAIC: When to Use Each Problem Solving Technique
There are various techniques that can be used to drive process improvement and solve problems in your organization’s workflow. Some are more complex than others, and some require a specific set of circumstances for their use to really make sense. In any case, it’s important for you as a leader to recognize the kinds […]
5 Steps to Effective Poka-Yoke (Mistake-Proofing)
Poka-yoke is a technique that aims to prevent operator mistake, or at least minimize it down to acceptable levels. It’s based on the philosophy that human error cannot be completely avoided no matter what one does, while on the other hand, it’s also impossible to prevent mistakes arising from other reasons, so it doesn’t make […]
5 Unique Challenges Seen in the Transactional Environment
Working in the transactional environment can present many unique problems for an organization to overcome, and a competent leader must learn to recognize them and possess the skills to overcome them. This can sometimes be particularly challenging, for example in cases of leaders who’re more used to working in a manufacturing environment and therefore familiar […]
What is the Difference Between Process Capability and Process Performance?
Process capability and process performance are both useful indicators for determining the current performance of your organization. However, they are quite different in nature and a common problem among leaders is that they end up confusing them a great deal of the time in their analysis, leading to mistakes that can be easily avoided. It’s […]
Improving the Productivity of the AEC Industry Through Six Sigma
The Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry has gone through some very significant stages of improvement in the last few decades, but it’s very likely that we’re barely scratching the surface of what’s possible. This is one of the most dynamic and rapidly evolving sectors, and it makes sense that we keep coming up with […]