Visual Workshop Process – Colour the Work Centres When Selecting the Best Layout
When designing a new factory, warehouse or officespace it can be easier for your teams to understand and buy in...
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The Four Secrets of Successful Value Stream Mapping
Successful Value Stream Mapping is a powerful tool, but one that needs to be applied correctly to deliver its benefits....
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Managing the Post-Pandemic Inventory Management Hangover
Supply chain disruption in the past two years has meant that many businesses have increased their inventory. Tim McLean has...
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Five Ways to Improve Supplier Performance
Whether your business is involved in manufacturing or distribution, chances are that the number one reason why you fail to...
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Making Sense of Your Problems With The Cynefin Framework
Cynefin Framework offers decision-makers a way to view a situation or problem. The model helps categorise the situation and assists...
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What is Lean Supply Chain Management?
Lean thinking has evolved over the years and whilst Industry 4.0 has been the most recent trend, improving your supply...
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Lean Visual Management Tools: 5 Types of Visual Controls
Visual Management and Visual Controls go hand in hand they are the life blood of a Lean production system. Raed...
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5S Lean Housekeeping: Sort, Set, Shine, Standardise, Sustain
To have an organised and efficiently running factory, we need to know that everything has a place, is in that...
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What is Effective Company Leadership?
What is effective company Lean Leadership? Company Lean leadership comes out of three key elements:- a strong senior management vision,...
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Getting Your Lean Plant Layout Right
The team at TXM are constantly asked for advice on plant layout. Relocating provides the best opportunity to reduce waste...
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The 3 Essentials of a Lean Visual Management Board
Visual Management is the key to driving change in your business. Brush up on your knowledge with our 3 Essentials...
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The Top 6 Ways to Engage Suppliers to Improve your Supply Chain
The Top 6 Ways to Engage Suppliers to Improve your Supply Chain Everyone wants to engage suppliers to improve performance....
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Creating a Lean Factory Layout
Often the TXM team are called in to help relocate factories or rearrange within the current walls to improve production...
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Running Out of Factory Space? – Five Places to Find More
One of the most expensive and risky projects that your business will make is relocating its manufacturing operations. Read as...
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Keeping Your Daily Team Meeting Effective
Daily team meetings start off with great level of enthusiasm and vigour when first implemented; however it doesn't last too...
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The Best Known Lean Term – What Is Just in Time?
Just in time is one of the best known Lean terms but how does it apply to you and your...
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Creating a “Future State” Value Stream Map
Previously we outlined what a value stream was and how to find yours in your manufacturing company. Now we will...
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Production Flow Elements – Supermarkets
A key part of implementing Lean Manufacturing into a Production area is understanding Flow; how parts move along the processes,...
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Eight Ways to Make More With What You’ve Already Got
Prices are rising, labour and materials are hard to get and margins being squeezed, every business needs to be focused...
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Lean Manufacturing Quick Tip 1 – Zero Monitoring
Aim towards Zero Monitoring on production machines - It is recognise that monitoring activities on production machine are in itself...
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