The 3 Elements of Creating Standard Work
Article by Anthony Clyne – Consulting Director Today’s companies often don’t remember the three fundamental steps of Creating Standard Work....
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The Definitive Guide To Visual Management
Lean has evolved over the years becoming the go to methodology for process improvement and continuous improvement. Visual management is the lifeblood of...
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The Ultimate Guide To Lean Plant Layout
Lean Thinking has evolved over the years and while the latest buzzword is Industry 4.0, improving plant layouts using Lean methodologies can hugely improve...
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Lean Visual Management Tools: 5 Types of Visual Controls
Managing Director Tim McLean explains the different types of visual controls you can implement. Visual Controls Visual Management and Visual Controls go...
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Is It Time to Get Out of China?
Article by Tim McLean – Managing Director The world of 2019 is an unstable place, with turmoil in the Persian Gulf, Britain and Europe facing the...
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Lean Factory Design: Lessons for Plant & Operations Managers
In this article Tim McLean – Managing Director explains lessons he learnt from creating a Lean Factory. A team working through the development of a Lean...
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How to Use Lean for Factory Layout Design
Tim McLean – Managing Director will talk about using Lean for Factory Layout Design. A well thought out layout with the correct value streams will be...
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The Secrets of Food Factory Layout Design
Tim McLean – Managing Director will talk about the secrets to food factory layout design. Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses bakers working in a sterile working...
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Factory Layout Examples & How to Choose
Tim McLean – Managing Director will talk about the different Factory Layout Examples. When developing a Lean factory layout, many people assume...
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Top 10 Lean Layout Principles
Article by Tim McLean – Managing Director Applying these 10 Lean layout principles developing a new facility layout can lock in lower costs, shorter...
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The 3 Essentials of a Lean Visual Management Board
By Justin Tao – TXM China Consulting Director What is a Visual Management Board? If takt time is the heart of Lean production, then Visual Management...
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We Talk A Lot About Problem-Solving, but What is a Problem?
By Justin Tao What is Problem Solving? Solving Problems is a part of almost every person’s daily life both at home and in the workplace. Here at...
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How To Create Flow When There is No Assembly Line
How To: Create Flow Without an Assembly Line One of the most well-known Lean concepts is that of “flow”. The most familiar example of flow is the automotive...
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New Lean Thinking: How Understanding Customer Value is Key to Disrupting Your Market
The recent Best Practice Network National Summit with its theme of “People, Technology and Business” has provoked a lot of discussion at TXM. Two key...
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Four Lean Strategies for Uncertain Economic Times
If we were to choose one word to describe business conditions at the start of 2019, that word would be uncertainty. In Britain and Europe business is trying...
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The Top Ways to Engage Suppliers to Improve your Supply Chain
Everyone wants to engage suppliers to improve performance. It seems like an easy win – no need to deal with messy organisational politics, no one to...
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Five Career Limiting Mistakes Operations Leaders Should Avoid
Managing operations is tough, whether you are in manufacturing, service, distribution or resources. You are responsible for ensuring that the wheels of...
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Five Tips for Designing an Organisational Structure that Works
It would be nice to think that people in an organisation could just organise themselves and work out what they have to do. In very small businesses, this...
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The Top Seven Common Problems in Project Manufacturing and How to Overcome Them
What is Project Manufacturing? When we think of a manufacturing business, we usually think of a business that manufactures a defined range of products....
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Right Part, Right Place, Right Time – The Keys to Successful Lean Material Management
Over the years many manufacturers have adopted lean tools focused on improving the efficiency of production processes. However, often despite these efforts...
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