Ultrasound should be a part of any condition monitoring program. It has wide range of application...

Waste is anything that uses resources but offers the customer nothing in return. Most activities ...

The word '5S' stands for five related concepts with a S sound that describe workplace procedures ...

Hoshin Kanri has been used successfully by Toyota and other top-tier companies in Japan and the U...

Takt time is calculated as the amount of manufacturing time that is available divided by the volu...

Having no standardization work process means no quality. Everyone will do this task differently. ...

Yet many companies focus on the mechanisms of implementation--one-piece flow, pull production, ta...

Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) was initiated by the aerospace industry in the 1960s to i...

Overall Equipment Effectiveness: A measurement of total productive maintenance (TPM) that quantif...

Gemba is a Japanese word meaning the actual place where value-creating work happens. Many leaders...

Lean healthcare is the practise of applying 'lean' concepts to the healthcare industry in order t...

Many businesses say that lean failed to meet their long-term objectives and that the improvements...

Condition monitoring is the process of keeping an eye on a machine's condition parameter in order...

A thermal imager is used to detect radiation (heat) originating from an object, convert it to tem...

The laboratory examination of a lubricant's characteristics, suspended impurities, and wear debri...

Production kanban, which translates to 'sign' or 'signboard' in Japanese, instructs an upstream p...

A Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA is a systematic method for identifying and preventing pro...

Vibration Analysis should present 50% of any condition monitoring program. This book include a pr...

Some businesses have reduced staff and made resource cuts to survive the global economic downturn...

Heijunka (Japanese for 'production smoothing or leveling'): It is a technique used to smooth out ...

One-piece flow, also known as continuous flow, is considered the ultimate lean goal. It describes...

Mistakenly, many people think plan-do-check-act (PDCA) is a continuous improvement cycle, even if...

Yes, people called Toyota Production System an inventory reduction program when they first heard ...

Quality Statistics Made Simple! Brainstorming is a conceptualizing process that is well-known for...

By minimizing waste and waiting times, the lean operational concepts and techniques serve to maxi...

In order to cut costs during the economic downturn, many businesses are implementing abstinence p...

The purpose of this book is to present a set of guidelines to be used in the application of lean ...

Toyota Motor Corporation created a production system that aims to achieve high-quality products, ...

First Chapter is about hoshin kanri. Lean strategy deployment is still an emerging research topic...

Value-stream mapping or process mapping is drawing a picture of all the parts and information tha...

The act of changing a line or machine from making one product to making another is called changeo...

To make it easier for people to see how their improvements fit into the bigger picture, it's impo...

At first, Taiichi Ohno, who helped create the Toyota Production System, didn't want to write it d...

Using lean metrics in non-manufacturing processes can help make things work better and make custo...

Toyota doesn't just make high-quality products; they also have a process for making sure everythi...

Poka-yoke is a Japanese word that means 'error-proofing'. It involves using simple and cheap tool...

This book aims to explain the best ways to do work that is usually done to avoid issues with tran...

Taking care of electrical equipment needs a lot of thinking ahead and checking regularly. You can...

This book proposes a new vision for security management in modern residential citiesby applying T...

A Lean Engineer's Guide to Building Enduring InnovationTesla vs. Toyota explores the two most inf...