No matter what industry you work in, you’ve likely experienced a situation where you need to create a new process or product in order to meet a customer’s requirements. Doing so is not an easy task so it can be…
Lead time has become more and more important to the average person with the growth of online retail. As large online businesses—like Amazon—grow, consumers have come to expect orders to arrive quickly. Therefore, the effects of long lead times are…
If you asked everyone around you if they have enough time in the day to accomplish everything they want to, I guarantee they will all say no. Time stress is ultimately one of the largest issues that we deal with…
If you’re looking to improve your business, then you should consider using a Kaizen event. Kaizen is a Japanese word that means “continuous improvement”. In the business world, Kaizen events are used to implement small changes that can lead to…
If you’re like most business owners or you work in a manufacturing environment, you’ve probably heard the terms lead time, cycle time, and Takt time before – but what do they actually mean? How are they related? How can you…
What is continuous improvement (Kaizen)? Kaizen is a compound of two Japanese terms, kai meaning “change” and zen meaning “good”. This term defines the idea of continuous improvement which is the basis of Lean thinking. Overall, Kaizen, or continuous improvement,…
Why is time blocking important? One of the greatest struggles of people today is our battle with time. There are an infinite amount of possible goals that we can strive for in life, but our time to work towards those…
One of the primary goals of Lean manufacturing is to eliminate waste in a process. Waste is any effort or expense that is not adding value for the customer. It can come in the form of material, time, or labor…
In today’s world, everyone has seemingly endless to-do lists and too little time to get it all done. Many people wake up each morning with an idea of what they want to accomplish in the day, and then go to…
Lean methodology focuses on concepts that help to reduce waste in a process in order to improve productivity and efficiency. One key source of waste in a process is unnecessary motion. This can include movement of materials, equipment, tools, or…
