Core Improvement Philosophies
Lean Manufacturing
- Focus: Maximizing customer value while minimizing waste.
- Value: Customer-centered products.
- Value Stream: Eliminating non-value activities.
- Flow: Continuous movement of products.
- Pull: Producing only what’s needed.
Kaizen Culture
- Definition: Japanese for “change for the better” – a continuous improvement philosophy.
- Employee empowerment.
- Continuous learning.
- Focus on root causes.
- Standardization of improvements.
Identifying Waste (Muda)
- Definition: Any activity that consumes resources but doesn’t add customer value.
- The 8 types of waste (DOWNTIME):
- Defects
- Overproduction
- Waiting
- Non-utilized Talent
- Transportation
- Inventory
- Motion
- Extra-processing
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