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Andons – The Bright Lights of Lean
Andon is a term referring to a system that provides notification to management, maintenance, and other workers of a qua…
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Doing 5S Workplace Organisation Effectively
These common pitfalls are often seen as failures and lead to poor ongoing implementation of 5S practises. However, the b…
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Learning to use Manufacturing Visual Work Instructions
Visual Work instructions (VWIs) are a tool that transfer knowledge of standard work practises through the use of visual …
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Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement – Lessons from Elite Sport
Many companies that approach TXM tell us that they want to create a “culture of continuous improvement. Some people te…
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Lean Leadership: You Can’t Recruit Your Way to Success
One of the most important skills in business is the ability to attract and select good people. In fact, in my time as a …
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Implementing a Robust Lean Problem Solving Process
A key transition step from "implementing" Lean to it becoming a way of life is how we build problem solving into everyth…
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Point of use
What is Point of Use? Coming out of the many 5S techniques of Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardise and Sustain, is a…
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Why Audit Weekly 5S Workplace Organisation?
We know that housekeeping is one of the fundamental Lean principles; a foundation stone for the Toyota Production System…
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Using Fishbone Diagrams to Solve Problems
Fishbone diagrams may also be referred to as cause and effect diagrams, or Ishikawa diagrams, after their founder Kaoru …
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Getting Lean to stick
Getting Lean to stick and changing a company culture are BIG problems in many companies. If you aren't always improving,…
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Leading a Lean Transformation
Lean transformation requires Lean Know-how and skills to drive sustainable change in your organisation. Tim McLean expla…
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Lean Production Preparation Process (3P)
Recently I visited an automotive electrical OEM to review their working supermarket for controlling work-in-process. As …
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Leadership Behaviour to Sustain Lean
Sustaining our lean implementation is a challenge faced by every business, regardless of industry you are in. As we prog…
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Takt Time
The concept of takt time is one of the trickiest concepts and calculations to grasp when designing a Lean Production sys…
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Top 5 Lean Foundation Tools
The TXM team visit many different manufacturing companies, from the food and pharmaceutical industries to machining and …
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Setup Time Reduction – The Quick Change Over
For many manufacturing processes, setting up a machine to change from one product to the next is the biggest part of the…
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Considerations for implementing a Just in Time system
Implementing a just in time system is a huge undertaking and the rewards for doing so will also be huge. Previously we o…
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Metrics for Business Performance
There a many metrics that are used to measure performance across a business. Without a doubt they are a key mechanism fo…
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What is Team Leader Standard Work? (DELETE)
There are a lot of standards in Lean Manufacturing - it's our process for documenting how things are done. Standards all…
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Looking Across Your Manufacturing Supply Chain & Implementing a Lean Program
When looking to implement a Lean enterprise philosophy across your company, it doesn't take long with the planning and d…
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How To: Solving Problems Every Day
The SPED (Solving Problems Every Day) method is about solving many small problems every day. Most probl…
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Production Flow Elements – First In First Out (FIFO)
A key part of implementing Lean Manufacturing into a Production area is understanding Flow; how parts move along the pro…
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What Does Production Flow Look Like?
A key part of implementing Lean Manufacturing into a Production area is understanding Flow; how parts move along the pro…
