Incorporating and tracking performance using Lean metrics doesn’t make a company Lean any more than tracking weight puts you on a diet. Measurements are like decisions, nothing changes unless actions are taken. How does this apply to OEE? How does OEE apply to LEAN? As we’ve mentioned in previous posts, many companies invest a significant amount of time, money, and effort to develop exorbitant […]
OEE and LEAN
OEE – A Vantage Point Metric
We use the term Vantage Point Metrics to identify those metrics that are core to the day to day management of your business. The objective is to distinguish these metrics from the “noise” that is easily created by other less significant metrics. Determining Vantage Point Metrics is simply a matter of identifying those metrics that are critical to the profitability of your operation. […]
OEE and Capacity Management
Capacity – Available or Required? From a scheduling perspective it is very easy to determine how much capacity (or time) will be required to manufacture a minimum quantity of parts. However, it is not just a matter of multiplying the Standard Cycle Time by the Quantity of Parts and dividing by the part or process OEE %. As you may recall, the availability component of […]
Lean Culture
Background Being in business for many years is, and can be, both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, the company has established itself and is well rooted in its chosen industry. On the other hand, it has established and well rooted “behaviors” built on a culture that have stood the test of time. This could be for better or worse. […]
Ten Tips to Lean
Lean can be applied to all types of businesses and spans across all facets within your current business. A lean culture recognizes that waste is everywhere. A focus on Value Added activities become the norm as waste continues to be identified and eliminated throughout the organization. It’s not just a manufacturing tool. A true lean strategy will lead to the transformation of the […]
Lean Innovation
If Lean Innovation is to become part of the new business norm, then why is that so many companies attempt to emulate what others have done? Innovation itself implies a sense of newness or differentiation from what was or is. It seems that “copy cats” are simply looking for the easy way out and call themselves lean in the process. […]