Formula for Takt time
Formula for takt time is available time divided by customer demand. This is explained with example calculation. Excel template!
Lean Manufacturing
7+1 wastes: How to spot waste and get rid of it
When referring to waste people immediately think of either material waste or garbage. But there exists another kind of waste. The kind that wastes our time. And those kind of wastes are the ones that we hunt as Lean practitioners. The so called 7+1 wastes. But before we go into the wastes we need to discuss
Poka Yoke
In this article we will discuss all about Poka Yoke. Poka Yoke is a method or tool for avoiding mistakes or error. You can imagine what will happen if there is no error or mistakes in this world !!!. Yes, that’s the importance of poka yoke. We will be discussing about mistakes, principles of error,
Flow in a manufacturing industry
A flowing river will be pure than stagnant water, since pure water will be coming into it from the source and contaminated water is replaced with pure water in it. Just reminded the importance of flow. With this example lets move to flow in a manufacturing industry. Let’s start … What is flow Flow is
Muda, Mura and Muri
These three names, Muda, Mura and Muri do not sounds familiar to our normal language slang because these are the Japanese words. Muda is the Japanese word for waste, Mura is the Japanese word for unevenness and, Muri is the Japanese word for Overburden. These words represents anything, which is against lean manufacturing. So, initially
Value Stream Mapping (VSM) – All things you should know
The ultimate aim of value stream mapping (VSM) is to save money or reduce production cost. To save money, we need to initially identify which all things or activities are consuming money without delivering any value to the customer. I think you all know what is a value, its anything which customer is willing to pay for.
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How a lean practitioner think?
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
How to calculate No of workstations from Takt time and Cycle Time
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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Line Balancing – How to do it
Line balancing is done to reduce or eliminate the waiting time in the workstations of an assembly line which runs in one piece flow. Thus we can utilize the resources such as manpower and machinery/equipment more effectively. Line balancing definition Line balancing is a method for eliminating idle time in assembly line and also for
Why Why Analysis
Why Why Analysis is a method used for finding out the root cause of a problem or symptom. In this method a series of why questions are asked about the problem. And finally we will reach the root cause of the problem. Why Why Analysis is used for root cause analysis of a problem, which