Five Frogs
Five Frogs are sitting on a log. Four decide to hop off. How many frogs are left?* It doesn’t take much for […]
Author: Lawrence Loucka
Refine, Simplify, and Strengthen
Why is it that most lean and six sigma transformations are so complicated? All too often organizational transformations are loaded with tons […]
Larry Loucka
Larry is a Certified Supply Chain Professional, Lean Sigma Master Black Belt, Mentor, and Trainer. He has extensive industry experience in logistics, […]
Fixed Repeating Schedule
Fixed Repeating Schedule (FRS) also known as Every product Every Interval (EPEI) is a production schedule which is ‘unchanging’ and repeated perhaps […]
Checklist
Check out Annals of Medicine: The Checklist by Atul Gawande in the Dec. 10. 2007 edition of The New Yorker for an […]
3P – Production Preparation Process
3P Production Preparation Process is an advanced lean approach involving visual thinking, simulation, kaizen for quick Design For Manufacturability. 3P follows a […]
Moonlighting, Moonshining, Skunksworks, Trystorming and 3P
Moonlighting – work a second job, usually after hours; “The medical student is moonlighting as a taxi driver”. Â To work […]
Demand Segmentation
Traditional Product Quantity (PQ) or ABC analysis fails to recognize that high volume may not be predictable and that low volume can […]
Product Family Turnover Rate, Every Product Every Interval
Description and examples for calculation mixed model EPEI or Every Product Every Interval, also known as PFTR or Product Family Turnover Rate.
Muda in the Warehouse
Although created in the manufacturing environment of Toyota by Taiichi Ohno, the Seven Wastes can be found almost everywhere, if you learn […]
50 things to free up warehouse space
Business is growing and running out of space in the warehouse. What to do before moving to a new facility or pouring […]