Melvin Vincent, Author at Know Industrial Engineering

How to Implement Kaizen Culture in an Organisation

In this article I will explain a detailed procedure on How to implement Kaizen in an organisation. If you don’t read the article on what is Kaizen, I recommend you to read that article. So, you can understand this article more clearly. What will happen if we Implement Kaizen culture in an organisation properly? Improvements […]

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What is Kaizen ?

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Kaizen is a word with meaning ‘a change for better’. So, any change which gives better results than previous state or situation can be called as Kaizen. But there are some characteristics for a change to be called as Kaizen. These characteristics gives the this word most popular and valuable. Characteristics of a Kaizen Change

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Story of two crows

Leave a Comment / Motivation / Melvin Vincent

Once upon a time there was a crow. He was so thirsty and he looked all around for water. At last he saw a pot. The pot was so deep and he was not able drink the water in it. He tried his level best and he was not able to achieve his goal. The

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Conveyor capacity – How to calculate

6 Comments / Capacity Analysis / Melvin Vincent

Before explaining how to calculate conveyor capacity, I will explain what is a conveyor. Conveyor is a mechanical equipment which is designed to move material from one place to another. Ok, now lets discuss what is a conveyor capacity. Conveyor Capacity Conveyor capacity is the maximum amount of material that is transferred by the conveyor

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How to improve OEE ?

How a lean practitioner think?

Leave a Comment / Lean Manufacturing / Melvin Vincent

Thinking process of a lean practitioner will be explained in this article, in 4 steps. How a lean practitioner think for achieving lean manufacturing. Before discussing how a lean practitioner think, we shall discuss what is lean. In this article we will take manufacturing industry as example. One request, before leaving this article please write

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What is Industrial Engineering?

Leave a Comment / INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING / Melvin Vincent

Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering which deals with optimizing all type of resources and utilities which are used for producing a product or giving a service, so as to reduce the cost and increase the profit. Meaning of optimizing is ‘make the best or most effective use of’ and meaning of effective is

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How to make a Plant Layout

6 Comments / Layout / Melvin Vincent

How to make a Plant Layout will be described in this article in 10 steps. Although I am discussing this for setting up an assembly line, this steps can also be applicable to all types of layout. 10 steps for a satisfactory plant layout Following 10 steps can be followed for making a perfect plant

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Six Sigma certification

1 Comment / Six Sigma / Melvin Vincent

Six sigma certification or concept will be explained here. This is the basics of six sigma certifications such as six sigma green belt and six sigma black belt. It also gives the answer to the question why a project is called a six sigma project?. An example to understand six sigma concept A customer wants

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How to calculate No of workstations from Takt time and Cycle Time

9 Comments / Lean Manufacturing / Melvin Vincent

Suppose takt time of a product is 3.5 seconds and cycle time an operation is 14 seconds. Here I will explain how to calculate no of workstations from takt time and cycle time, for completing this operation so as to meet the customer demand. No of workstation = Cycle time / takt time = 14/3.5

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