Lean Overview

Lean Overview: Lean will eliminate Waste and improve Flow.  The important concepts that we expect to highlight during our Lean engagements include:

• Value- defined from the view of the customer:

• Value Streams- value flows from Suppliers to Customers

• Flow- continuous flow toward the customer

• Pull- work is done when the customer demands it

• Perfection- continuously working to refine the process

Waste has the capacity to affect a process with:

• Increasing cost

• Providing little or no value

• Introducing defects into the process

• Poor service and poor customer satisfaction

The Eight Forms of Waste:

• Overproduction

• Inventory

• Defects

• Over-processing

• Motion

• Waiting Time

• Transportation

• Talent

Batch vs. One Piece Flow: Where can improve Turnaround Time with a new process?

Lean Thinking Process Map:

• Analyze product and information flow

• Operator Activity

• Set up (flexibility)

• Standardize the Job

• Measurement- reward good work

• Visual controls in the Workplace

• Mistake Proofing