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In a 'pull' production system, the final process pulls needed parts from the previous process, wh...

The On the Spot series delivers immediate solutions to the reader with a concise presentation of ...

Kaizen teian -- the Japanese-style proposal system for continuous improvement -- is the most dire...

Kanban is the name given to the inventory control card used in a pull system. The primary benefit...

The hard part of implementing a lean transformation, according to most experts, is dealing with t...

The philosophy of kaizen, which simply means continuous improvement, needs to adopted by any orga...

The Lean Office: Collected Practices and Cases is a compilation of articles previously published ...

Standard work is an agreed upon set of work procedures that effectively combines people, material...

Standard work is a set of work procedures that effectively combine people, materials, and machine...

The Zero Quality Control System (ZQC) is a mistake-proofing approach that prevents defects by mon...

Addressing those who track and improve the effectiveness of equipment, this text defines basic co...