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  • Wednesday, May 26, 2021 · 4:30 PM IST
    Poka-yoke is a Japanese term that means “mistake-proofing” or “ inadvertent error prevention” A Poka-yoke is any mechanism in any process that helps an equipment operator avoid mistakes.​

    The concept of Poka-yoke deals with Human error prevention...
  • Tuesday, May 25, 2021 · 4:30 PM IST
    Wherever work is done, problems also arise, traditional managers tend to feel that people doing work are the source of problems. ​

    Enlightened managers, on the other hand, know that problems originate from broken processes. Therefore, real proble...
  • Friday, May 21, 2021 · 4:30 PM IST
    As we design Lean Manufacturing Systems, we start with Lean Layouts on the shop floor, which are characterised by one-piece-flow in discrete manufacturing plants.
    When the customer, internal or external, is not within visual range, we need some si...
  • Thursday, May 20, 2021 · 4:30 PM IST
    Standard Work is treated as one of the most basic tools in TPS (Toyota Production System). Unfortunately, it is also one of the least understood & one of the most ineffectively used.

    One of the seven wastes of Lean (Muda) is Muda of human motion...
  • Wednesday, May 19, 2021 · 4:30 PM IST
    Traditional manufacturing was characterised by ‘isolated islands’ or ‘process villages’, where one kind of equipment was co-located & material had to travel from one ‘isolated island’/ ‘process village’ to next in large batches. Of course, such an...
  • Tuesday, May 18, 2021 · 4:30 PM IST
    Currently a majority of organizations - be they large, medium or small - are facing economic concerns and for many, their very survival is at stake. The way forward for all is to Improve Operational Efficiencies and there is no time to waste!

    Th...
  • Friday, May 7, 2021 · 4:30 PM IST
    In general, it is observed that the maintenance team is quite occupied or busy with restoration activities and they hardly find time to indulge in Improvement activities. Also, the “one-size-fits-for-all” syndrome of conducting preventive maintena...
  • Thursday, May 6, 2021 · 4:30 PM IST
    In the evolution of TPM, AM grew out of the 5S activities by the production teams. They found that in order to deal with barriers to the availability and performance of the equipment, they needed to improve equipment conditions, initially by apply...
  • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 · 4:30 PM IST
    Kobetsu KAIZEN™: Ever since Sensei Imai San had published the book Kaizen, it has become a common phrase in the Industry circle where Business Excellence or Operational Excellence is practised. As it got popularized, KAIZEN™ was perceived in vario...
  • Tuesday, May 4, 2021 · 4:30 PM IST
    World Class Manufacturing (WCM) is a management philosophy that helps to
    1. Eliminate waste & streamline the processes
    2. Improve efficiency & effectiveness of men and the machine,
    3. Optimize inventory levels and
    4. The most important to imp...
  • Friday, April 30, 2021 · 4:00 PM IST
    KAIZEN™ always treated problems as opportunities. Courtesy, Covid-19 pandemic, almost all industries are forced to a grinding halt. Even if the lockdown is lifted, it would be difficult for many of the organizations to get back to normal operation...
  • Monday, April 26, 2021 · 4:30 PM IST
    Cost is incurred whenever there is an activity. It is a common tendency that while handling a crisis, people are quick to jump on “Cutting costs” and hardly they realize that by cutting cost, they are cutting activities.

    Any activity is a combin...
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