What is Just in Time? Just in Time (JIT), as the name suggests, is a management philosophy that calls for the production of what the customer wants, when they want it, in the quantities requested, where they want it,…
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Top 50 Lean Tools | Comprehensive List for Lean Manufacturing and Service
Full List of Lean Manufacturing Tools There are many Lean Manufacturing Tools and other ideas and principles that are associated with Lean. Most of these tools should be implemented within the main principles of Lean and as part of a…
Kanban
What is Kanban? Kanban is a visual method for controlling production as part of Just in Time (JIT) and Lean Manufacturing. As part of a pull system it controls what is produced, in what quantity, and when. Its purpose…
Muri Overburden
What is Muri? Muri is to Overburden your employees or machines, it can also be seen as “unreasonableness”. It is placing operators and machines under unnecessary stress by making demands on them that are unreasonable and often very unnecessary.…
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Waste of Talent or Creativity; causes, symptoms, examples, solutions
The waste of Talent or creativity The waste of Talent, creativity or your people is an addition to the seven wastes of lean manufacturing (Muda), it is the failure to make good use of your employees; all of…
Waste of Overproduction; causes, symptoms, examples and solutions
The Waste of Overproduction Overproduction is the worst of the seven wastes of lean manufacturing (7 Mudas), overproduction is making products in too great a quantity or before it is actually needed leading to excessive inventory. Overproduction is…
Waste of Inventory; causes, symptoms, examples, solutions
The Waste of Inventory Inventory is one of the seven wastes of lean manufacturing (or 7 Mudas). Inventory is the raw materials, work in progress (WIP) and finished goods stock that is held, we often hold far more than is…
The Seven Wastes | 7 Mudas
7 Wastes of Lean Manufacturing The seven wastes of Lean Manufacturing are what we are aiming to remove from our processes by removing the causes of Mura and Muri as well as tackling Muda directly. But what exactly are the…
Muda Mura and Muri | Lean Manufacturing Wastes
Lean Manufacturing Wastes Just what are Muda, Mura and Muri? The 3Ms of waste in Lean Manufacturing. When people think of waste in manufacturing they usually only think about all of the scrap material that gets thrown away or…