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Shingijutsu Kaizen Seminar - Day 3

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Yesterday I told you the plan for today. Here is what really happened.
We got the even pitch going for a while. I was at the front of the line releasing units down the line as the pre-build Team Member was done with them. I was watching distance (since distance = time on a moving line). [...]

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Be A Perfect Supplier; Be A Perfect Customer

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Operations that work to the “push” are well known for complex and interdependent problems. What looks like a problem in one area often has causes, or parts of causes, in other areas. Quality problems, delivery problems (late, too much, too little, wrong stuff), sub-optimizing attempts to reduce local cost.. all of these things propagate unchecked [...]

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Takt Time and Leveling - What’s The Point?

Sunday, September 16, 2007

A few days ago I wrote about asking “What is your takt time?” and the likely responses to that question. But in my list of common responses, I left one out - “What’s the point? We get everything out by the time the truck leaves.”
Here’s a real-life example: In a high-volume consumer goods factory [...]

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