Problems are inevitable, no matter how hard we plan and what precautions we take, they will eventually creep up and bite us. Rushing in and trying to fix the problems quickly, however, rarely seems to truly make these problems go away. Often, they come back time after time. The reason for this is that we… Continue reading A3 Problem Solving | A3 Root Cause Analysis
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Lean Consulting and Support
Not every business or up and coming lean facilitator has the money to pay a consultant potentially thousands of dollars a day to come and provide the help and support that they are looking for. Nor do they necessarily want to bring in a consultant that is going to try to confuse them with Japanese… Continue reading Lean Consulting and Support
Setup Reduction SMED Coaching
“Send me a video and I will help reduce your setup times” Reducing setup time is a vital part of most Lean implementations if you want to be able to reduce batch sizes and improve process efficiency. SMED as the name suggests allows you to reduce your setup time to single minutes if implemented well.… Continue reading Setup Reduction SMED Coaching