The Earth – Unplugged EARTH HOUR is now an annual event that is embraced around the globe. For at least one hour, we will have the opportunity to “unplug” ourselves from the world to ponder and increase our awareness of how our “activities of daily living” can make a difference to the environment we live in. Measuring Change While the […]
Unplugged – Earth Hour – 2012
- Advanced Lean Manufacturing
- Eliminate Waste
- Environment
- Execution
- Lean
- Lean Metrics
- OEE: Overall Equipment Efficiency
- Problem Solving
- Training
Lean, OEE, and How to beat the “Law of Diminishing Returns”
Are your lean initiatives falling prey to the Law of Diminishing Returns? Waning returns may soon be followed by apathy as the “new” initiative gets old. For those who have not studied economics or are not familiar with the term, it is defined by Wikepedia as follows: The law states “that we will get less and less extra output when we add additional […]
- Advanced Lean Manufacturing
- Eliminate Waste
- Environment
- Execution
- Lean
- Lean Metrics
- OEE: Overall Equipment Efficiency
- Performance
- Problem Solving
- Process Control and OEE
- Standardized Work
- Training
22 Seconds to Burn – Excel VBA Teaches Lean Execution
Background: VBA for Excel has once again provided the opportunity to demonstrate some basic lean tenets. The methods used to produce the required product or solution can yield significant savings in time and ultimately money. The current practice is not necessarily the best practice in your industry. In manufacturing, trivial or minute differences in methods deployed become more apparent during mass production or as […]
- APQP
- Cost Control
- Eliminate Waste
- Environment
- Lean
- Problem Solving
- Process Control and OEE
- Quality
- Training
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LEAN Environment: Waste Management and OEE
In recent years much emphasis has been placed on the state of our environment and LEAN can help our cause. If we consider just how much energy and resources are consumed due to inefficiency and waste. OEE is a measure of how effectively time is used as a resource; however, it does not necessarily reflect the waste that is created in […]