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Reviewing Your Skills Matrix: An Example

Using our standard work documentation makes the training task much easier and lets the operators focus on the skill in t…
Single Point Lessons In Manufacturing

Single point lessons, also called 1-page plans, are an important part in establishing and maintaining a new Lean Enterpr…
Are You Ready for An ERP System?

Implementing an ERP System are a common step in the evolution of your business, but there are somethings you need to con…
Five Operational Mistakes Growing Manufacturers Make

Operational mistakes are easy to make and why some businesses fail. Read our latest article delving into the 5 common mi…
Three Places to Find Hidden Capacity in Your Factory

Finding hidden production capacity in your factory is a great way to transform your business and increase production by …
Japanese Lean Study Tour: Lessons in Workforce Engagement

Gain valuable insights on workforce engagement from a Japanese Lean Study Tour. Discover the strategies used by Japanese…
Five Ways to Make Your Joinery Factory Lean and Efficient

Unlock the potential of Lean Thinking in your joinery factory. Improve lead times and deliver quality products with thes…
Top Five Organisational Structure Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Organisational structures are challenging to perfect due to the intricate balance required between promoting efficiency,…
A Dream Come True – Luciano’s Japanese Kaizen Study Tour

Luciano Peloche, TXM Consulting Operations Manager, has always dreamt of going to Japan one day. He was drawn to the Jap…
How to Manufacture “Manufactured Buildings” Like a Real Manufacturer!

Modular buildings are becoming common place across the globe but there are a few things to consider to get the most out …
What is Industry 5.0?

What is Industry 5.0? how does it differ from Industry 4.0? Learn the differences and how to prepare for Industry 5.0 in…
Lean vs Six Sigma – Which Should You Choose?

Next to Lean, Six Sigma is probably the most popular process improvement methodology in the world. As a business startin…
What is Lean Manufacturing?

Discover what Lean Manufacturing is, it's methodologies, it's main purpose, why its important, what are lean principles …
What is Lean Supply Chain Management?

Lean Supply Chain Management is a philosophy that champions waste reduction and process simplification. It’s a sys…
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 as we ex…
How Do You Reduce Lead Time in Your Supply Chain?

Excessively long lead times are the single biggest factor leading to poor supply chain performance. If your business is …
Practical Tips for Warehouse Signage

We often talk about the importance of visual controls, and how they help to improve the efficiency of our teams. On a re…
Leveraging Digital Solutions in a Lean Management System

Industry 4.0 is here and there is more and more talk about using digital solutions to solve manufacturing problems. Tim …
When Investment in Technology Makes Sense – And When it Doesn’t

Industry 4.0: When Investment in Technology Makes Sense – And When it Doesn’t The past 20 years have seen a rapid ac…
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 quicker …
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 …
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 place and …
What is Effective Company Leadership?

What is effective company Lean Leadership? Company Lean leadership comes out of three key elements:- a strong senior man…
Four Practical Strategies to Help You Navigate the Skills Shortage Without Increasing Salaries

Reflection on past efforts provides the opportunity to look inwards and get the most from the people you already have. R…
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 performanc…
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 …
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. Re…
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 …
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 look a…
Production Flow Elements – Supermarkets

A key part of implementing Lean Manufacturing into a Production area is understanding Flow; how parts move along the pro…
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 o…
Lean Manufacturing Quick Tip 1 – Zero Monitoring

Aim towards Zero Monitoring on production machines - It is recognise that monitoring activities on production machine ar…
Operational Excellence

The terms operational excellence and continuous improvement are often used interchangeably, but in fact they are quite d…
5 Workplace Behaviours to Improve Productivity: It’s Like Baking A Cake

Improving workplace productivity can be harder than you think, but it can to broken down into parts to make it easier to…
Top Five Lean Videos from TXM

Over the past three years we have posted dozens of videos, but a few have really connected with the on-line audience. Th…
New Lean Thinking: How Understanding Customer Value is Key to Disrupting Your Market

Understanding the value you provide your customers is key in disrupting new markets and creating growth. Focus on your c…
The Missing Metric – Productivity

In many of the companies TXM has visited over past number of years, productivity measusre are very hard to find. When en…
How 10 Minute Meetings Every Day Can Help You Get Back 9 Years of Your Life

Daily stand up meetings have the ability to provide important detail in a 10 minute meeting, helping you reclaim preciou…
What Makes a Great Supply Chain Manager?

By Timothy McLean, author of “On Time in Full: Achieving Perfect Delivery with Lean Thinking in Purchasing, Supply Cha…
The Top 6 Ways to Build Supply Chain Resilience

It is more important than ever to make sure you build supply chain resilience focusing on building systems and processes…