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Kanban Lot Size Q&A

Yasuhiro Monden (author, and instrumental in introducing JIT Production System to the U.S.), expressed this first calculation for Kanban. Learn more from our brief micro lesson.

Customer Journey Mapping

To be truly customer service focused, it’s critical that you look at how your customers interact with your organization. In this Micro Lesson we look at "Customer Journey Mapping".

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is best used to measure the performance and analyze the losses on a particular piece of equipment so that they can (1) be understood and (2) be addressed.

Visual Systems Work With Standard Work

As part of your lean initiative, it is important to develop a system for visually organizing the workplace to create a common language that allows all employees to identify process abnormalities and make improvements.

Kanban

Many organizations think implementation of a Kanban system is a must, but it is important to understand that Kanban pull is not the preferred methodology for controlling production or replenishment in the value stream.

Teams

Team Size Matters... Looking inside a Lean organization you’ll find a variety of teams managing daily work, opening and closing projects, and solving problems...

Problem-Solving

Problems are opportunities (for improvement) if you have the right tools to solve them. If you don't, problems are simply problems. When your teams are problem-solving, remember that...

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