Whiteboard, production board, day by hour board so many names for the same thing – a visual representation of the production expectations on the floor. What needs to be produced for the day, the shift, the hour? The whiteboard, production board, day by hour...
Can you imagine a scenario where a manufacturer uses lean techniques to improve production but when collecting and contextualizing data, those lean techniques go out the window? We can. It happens pretty regularly actually. Manufacturers put all of the time and...
If you’re just focusing on TPM, you’re missing out on the other aspects of lean production that can help you save resources, money, and time. Yes, you should absolutely prioritize fixing problematic machines, but think about this, what led to that problem...
What’s the difference between Lean vs. Six Sigma? Six Sigma eliminates defects and waste while improving quality and efficiency inevitably improving business processes. Lean streamlines manufacturing and production processes by cutting out unnecessary and...
How can you keep up in manufacturing without data to provide helpful insights into your factory floor? Once data is gathered, how can you use data visualization in manufacturing? Data visualization can help point out patterns and help to not overlook those patterns....
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” – Henry Ford (supposedly) Manufacturing excellence is a broad term. For some manufacturers it represents simply a production benchmark, a set of “world-class”...
