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How ‘Process Wastes’ are connected to ‘Respect for People’? (opens the original)
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1 Article for the Week:More than 50% of the efforts by the operators are Waste (Non-Value Adding) in most operations. Movement, Loading, Unloading, Picking, counting, etc. these are non-value adding activities (from Lean Point of View) and eliminating these will improve the Value Addition by the operators. “Work” happens when there is a change (or) Transformation in the product. However, in a typical operation there are a lot of activities done by the operator that does not add any value. Some o
Top 10 Wastes in Office (opens the original)
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When we talk about wastes (in lean), people think about shop floor wastes only. However, there are many wastes in Office environment also. Here are 10 wastes present in most office environments.1. Multiple / Redundant Data Entries - Supervisors entering data in a paper, then into an Excel Sheet and then transfer this to ERP. Same data entered in multiple places.2. Waiting for information - causing delays and frustration3. Waiting for Approvals - causing delays and redundant checks in many cases.
One Simple Trick to Sustain 5S in your company (opens the original)
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How to sustain 5S? in most companies, the 5S initiatives slowly fade away after a few weeks.One simple trick to sustain 5S is to allow the team to clean / practice 5S in their workplace everyday - by providing a 10 min cleaning time dedicated to 5SThis can be at the start of the shift as people will be fresh and can dedicate this 10 min - after the morning meetings. Why? At the end of the shift people will be tired and intend to go home early and they may not focus on the cleaning. In the middle
How Inventory Management impacts Profitability? How different sectors manage Inventory? (opens the original)
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Imagine a company making a revenue of Rs. 1000 crores and has Rs. 250 crores in Inventory, it is doing 4 turns in the inventory. If another company in the same industry achieves the same revenue but with just 100 crores of inventory, it is making 10 turns. If the first company makes Rs. 40 cr net profit, the second one makes Rs. 100 cr. Every inventory turn increases the profits. That’s why Inventory management is very important.However, different sectors have different challenges in managing th
7 Books On Lean Manufacturing. 1 Shopfloor to Implement... (opens the original)
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Most people learn Lean backwards. They learn the tools first and try to implement, without understanding the foundation. Then they wonder why Lean doesn't sustain.Lean Concepts have to be learnt / followed in a systematic manner and these are the 7 books I recommend.1. The Machine That Changed the World — Womack, Jones & RoosThis book explains the fundamental difference between mass production and Lean production. It also helped popularise the term 'Lean'. A great book to start the lean journey.
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