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Apply "lean" to IT systems |
Can lean manufacturing and your information technology systems
co-exist? Absolutely! |
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Benefits of Lean Manufacturing |
Typical results from Lean Manufacturing implementations. Tables
detail range of improvement in five areas and 26 metrics.
Explanations. |
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Bringing 'Lean' Principles to Service Industries |
Toyota and other top manufacturing companies have embraced,
improved, and profited by lean production methods. But the payoffs
have not been nearly as dramatic for service industries applying
lean principles. 2007 |
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Can
Lean Exit the Tool Age? |
Lean management advocates have recently begun concerted efforts to
push Lean out of the tool age and help people understand Lean as a
management system. This article examines what happened when the
advocates of an earlier system of management, Scientific Management,
sought to change the widely-held view that it was nothing more than
a set of tools to improve efficiency. Knowledge of their efforts
might help us succeed, provided Lean has not already suffered too
much damage. |
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Glossary |
Lean Manufacturing Glossary |
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How
To Compare Six Sigma, Lean and the Theory of Constraints |
A framework for choosing what’s best for your organization. |
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How
to control a lean manufacturing system |
Despite its significant success, kanban control is not a perfect
mechanism to control a lean system. |
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Inventory & Lean Manufacturing |
This white paper explores the central role of inventory in Lean
Manufacturing systems |
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Lean Evolves: The Next R(E)volution |
"Lean" is more than simply a set of improvement tools. This article
reviews some of the primary reasons for lean failures and discusses
the importance of developing a lean implementation strategy. |
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Lean is a Practice, Not a Theory |
An Interview with Freddy and Michael Balle, authors of 'The Gold
Mine' |
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Lean Manufacturing |
More plants struggle to adopt lean-manufacturing techniques,
learning valuable lessons along the way. |
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Lean Manufacturing |
Changing Paradigms in Product Manufacturing, Design & Supply.
Pdf-file |
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Lean Manufacturing in the Auto Industry: |
Kaizening Ourselves to Death. Article from 1995, nevertheless
interesting |
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Lean Manufacturing Principles Guide |
Develop and Implement a ‘World Class’ Manufacturing Model - intended
for U.S. Commercial and Naval Ship Construction but really a good
general principles guide. pdf-file |
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Lean Manufacturing: The 3rd Generation |
Forget everything you think you know about lean manufacturing.
Just-in-time production, kanban cards, 5S, set-up reductions and
standardized work -- those are all just tools. It's time for the
younger crop of U.S. manufacturing leaders to take lean to the next
level. Is your company ready for TPS2? 2004 |
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Lean Principles |
Another introduction. pdf-file |
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Principles of Lean Thinking |
Lean principles have proven not only to be universal, but to be
universally successful at improving results. When appropriately
applied, lean thinking is a wellunderstood and well-tested platform
upon which to build agile software development practices. 2002 |
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Quality Management: Strategic Management of Lean |
The biggest mistake made by companies considering the use of lean
manufacturing is to jump into the water without a strategically
focused plan. 2007 |
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Reducing Set Up Times - A Foundation for Lean Manufacturing |
Article containing guidelines for reducing machine set-up times. pdf-file |
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Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Sector |
Findings and Recommendations on Lean Production and Environmental
Management Systems in the Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Sector. pdf-file |
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So You Want to Get Lean - Kaizen or Kaikaku? |
The “lean” model is delivering huge operational improvements in a
range of industries. But there are several ways to implement lean
tools and techniques, each with its own benefits and drawbacks.
Choose carefully before embarking on the lean journey. This paper
explains both approaches and helps to decide which one to follow.
pdf |
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So
You Want to Get Lean: Kaizen or Kaikaku? |
The “lean” model is delivering huge operational improvements in a
range of industries. But there are several ways to implement lean
tools and techniques, each with its own benefits and drawbacks.
Choose carefully before embarking on the lean journey. pdf-file |
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Taylor, Stopwatches and Lean Manufacturing |
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The
Lean Strategies - Manufacturing Excellence Moves to the Value Chain |
Aberdeen's Lean Strategies Benchmark Report reveals five key market
factors for successfully adopting Lean strategies and achieving
superior business performance. Pdf-file 2004 |
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The
People Side of Lean |
The philosophy behind the Toyota Production System teaches that
“employees are the most important resource.” More specifically,
there is an abiding belief that every employee wants to do the right
thing because that is in our nature as humans. |
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What is “lean” about product development? |
What is Lean Product Development? The term has many different
meanings. An overview of Lean Product Development 2007 |
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What is Lean? |
An introduction, five basic principles of lean manufacturing |
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When Lean Companies Stay Fat |
As Danaher’s Experience demonstrates, lean manufacturing is an
exacting discipline requiring a comprehensive view of the business.
2006 |
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