Non-verbal communication Visual Management (VM) uses images, signs, symbols, and colours to inform and guide people’s behaviour without thinking. It makes it easy to do the right thing and guides people’s attention to where it is needed most. An added […]

Leader Standard Work is implementing a structured approach that ensures the basic daily, weekly, and monthly tasks are completed regularly and to the right standard. In most instances, Leader Standard Work use checklists that leaders work through to confirm that […]

Work as a Team In every setting where people work together, they are part of a team. When everyone is left to their own devices, people do their own thing -often with the best intentions-, but this group of people […]

A problem is "anything that happened and that was not expected to happen", that is, anything that deviated from the standard. The first step in Structured Problem Solving is to Define the problem. When a problem is defined it is important to be as specific as possible, as it will lead you to the cause and solution quicker. It might be tempting to state "The packing line is stuffed" but a better formulation would be "There are multiple minor stoppages on the line 3 filler, resulting in line efficiency dropping from a usual [...]

Manufacturing Basic Care sounds easy, and when done well, it will improve operations and make your work a lot easier as machines will operate as they are supposed to do, and your manufacturing line will keep running. Unfortunately, the reality of frequent line stoppages indicates that basic care in manufacturing might be more difficult than it sounds. [...]

At the core of Lean Manufacturing is the concept of Continuous Improvement. The relentless focus on making small incremental improvements will result in transformational change over time. These improvements are aimed at eliminating WASTE out of the process [...]

A DMS is a Daily Management System, which involves holding a daily meeting at a set time, with the team doing the work, standing in front of a DMS board and aim to answer the following questions:   Yesterday: How […]

5S is a Lean / Continuous Improvement practice that originated in Japan and is currently used around the world to organise your workplace. 5S principles are considered a very good place to start a Continuous Improvement program as it has […]