Question of the week
We all make mistakes in our lean journey. What one mistake do you remember most? What did you learn from it?”
January 20th, 2011 3 comments
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Philips Ultrasound 1/13/11 network meeting summary
Philips’ Reedsville PA site is truly in the continuous improvement business. Their “TIP” program measures and honors contributions by all. Physical changes in the facility, both administrative and production were profound. Congratulations to Philips Reedsville for their hard and ongoing work. “Everybody, everyday” is not a cliche.
The afternoon training sessions on effective measurements found a very engaged group. The two breakout sessions allowed the group to dig further into problems with ineffective measures and delve into possible countermeasures for improvement.
Our thanks go out to everyone at the Philips Reedsville facility for a job well done.
Attending companies:
Advanced Conversion Technologies
Adhesives Research
Snow on Wednesday may have reduced attendance.
NEXT MEETING
Where: Adhesives Research, 400 Seaks Run Road, Glen Rock, PA 17327…contact Tom Bezek office – 717-227-3396, cell 717-586-8998
When: Thursday March 3, 2011 8:30am to Noon
What: Flow/Pull/Visual Controls
Who: 3 per network member
Gemba Kaizen on Clean Burn’s “Burner Line”
A Hot, Sustainable Success One team, one kaizen at a time.“If you cannot sustain gains, your efforts are mudaâ€Â
Continuous improvement is one of the fundamental characteristics of the Toyota Production System or a Lean Enterprise. Building a culture that supports continuous improvement is no small task. In fact, it often takes ten years of more of hard work, constant focus and total commitment.
May 4th, 2007Kaizen Bill of 12.5 Rights
Hear 12.5 tested concepts in less than two and a half minutes.
May 1st, 2006APICS Congress for Progress Baltimore, April 2006
Identifying and Eliminating Waste
Do you every think your “system†is letting you, your customer’s and stakeholders down? Perhaps some of these thoughts hit home:
* “I am tired of apologizing to customers for missing promised ship datesâ€Â
* “Over 90% of the time our material and or people are waiting on something!â€Â
* “We often don’t have what we need when we need it!â€Â
* “Too often it’s difficult to find what we need and then we have to move materials to get to it?â€Â
* “Yes, it really is possible to reduce your lead-time by 50%
This workshop will focus on answering the following questions
1. What is getting in the way of your company being the most competitive and profitable member of your market?
2. Is there any waste in your value streams?
3. How does “Lean” define waste?
4. What do you mean by visible and invisible waste?
5. How can you identify waste? After identification, how can you eliminate waste?
6. What is in it for your company?
Participants will bring home the following skills:
* Identify both visible and invisible waste
* Understand a system which effectively sustains improvements
* Understand Kaizen and how small changes can lead to large improvements
* How to simply and effectively measure system performance
* How to apply Value Stream Mapping to your process
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December 27th, 2005