Toyota has based its efficient and effective production system on 14 management principles as described in ‘The Toyota Way’ book by Jeffrey K Liker. The two pillars of their lean system which support the principles of the Toyota Way are:- Continuous Improvement – challenge everything (create an atmosphere of continuous learning) Respect for people – […]
Toyota has based its efficient and effective production system on first developing the key elements and then practicing day in and day out on the shop floor. The major wastes the Steel Efficiency Review™ is built on are explained in this chapter: Overproduction Waiting Unnecessary transport Overprocessing Excess Inventory Unnecessary movement Defects and Unused employee […]
A recent SER® consultation brought to light a very common problem. A problem so common in fact that many businesses find themselves becoming experts at predicting it and working around it. The problem is around under performing equipment. Due to high levels of breakdowns, our customers’ machines are not able to run at maximum rate […]
Example of SER® implementation of “Single Piece Flow” concept “I plan to cut down on the slack time within work processes and in the shipping of parts and materials as much as possible. As the basic principle in realizing this plan, I will upload the ‘just in time’ approach. The guiding rule is not to […]
Whatever drives you to overproduce, sooner or later will hurt your business in more ways than one. Have you ever been plagued with excess levels of unneeded inventory, greater requirements for capital funds, slow moving and obsolete stock, and product damage? These are all key side-effects of overproduction. What factors create overproduction? We have found […]
For years, social scientists have said that humans resist change even saying that they are afraid to change. But they resist only changes that they do not understand, are suspicious of, or consider to be against their interests. Humans embrace change that seems good for them or good for the world they live in and […]