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Lean Implementation

"Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage. The easiest of all wastes and the hardest to correct is the waste of time, because wasted time does not litter the floor like wasted material". 

-Henry Ford

What is Lean?

Lean thinking principles are essentially just good common sense. Lean is a methodology that is used to accelerate the speed and reduce the cost of any process by removing waste. 

 

Lean provides tools to reduce lead-time of any process and eradicate non-value add. Additionally, the Lean Kaizen approach is a great method that can be used to speed up the rate of improvements.

 

The fundamental goal of any business is to produce the maximum value products and services with the least amount of time, effort and cost and methodology of Lean helps businesses achieve this by maximizing the business potential, increasing operational effectiveness, reducing cost and delivering enhanced customer service.

Creating Lean Culture

  • Total Operational Excellence captures the Voice of the customer to define the customer Critical To Quality issues, that is, specifying value from the standpoint of the end customer

  • Total Operational Excellence manages the creation a value stream map of the process.

  • Identify value add- non-value add and 7 types of waste (Over production, Unnecessary stock, Inefficient transportation, Unnecessary motion, Waiting times, Rejects and Defects, and Inappropriate processing

  • Projects within the process are then prioritized based on the delay time they inject and defect rates.

  • Process definition.

  • Root cause problem solving.

  • Process improvement.

  • Visual controls for sustaining improvements

Benefits of Lean

Lean Manufacturing is a business improvement philosophy that has developed over many years (as well as a collection of lean manufacturing tools), it is a method to better focus your business on the true needs of the customer to help you prevent waste from being built into your system. There are many benefits that are associated with lean manufacturing and for service industries

 

  • Increase efficiency through eliminating waste

  • Increase Employee Engagement

  • Improve RTY

  • Reduce cost of poor quality

  • Reduce cost of rework

  • Reducing Cycle Time

  • Builds a Lean culture that gives teams the tools—and desire—to solve problems on their own

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