How many kanban do you need?
Kanban is a system that supports level production by helping maintain stable supply and efficient operations. The question of how many kanban […]
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Brown Paper Value Stream Mapping
Many engineers, and black belts too, will immediately jump on a computer and start picking icons and naming data elements perhaps out […]
Kanban in 10 Steps
Kanban isn’t always the right answer or even possible. But when it is and makes sense here’s what to do; a simple […]
Frederick Taylor
Taylor, Frederick Winslow (1856-1915), American industrial engineer, who originated scientific management in business. He was born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), […]
Facility Block Layout
A standard approach for creating a new production facility layout for either a green field or an existing facility is as follows: […]
Kanban
When asked recently to recommend reference books on Kanban here’s what I came up with… Kanban for the Shopfloor is a straightforward […]
More Kanban Calculations
First listed various formulations of calculating kanban quantities in
Entropy and the death of peaceful order
Had dinner last night with Richard Zuber, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt at Honeywell. He was a student of mine some […]
Inventory Reduction, Now Selling 20 Ideas
Cut the package size, customers may want less right now. Increase the package size, customers will take what they can get. Have […]
Lean String Theory
Before the widespread use of computers the location of warehouses, stores, franchises were often settled by using a ‘string map’. Pins were […]
Fixed Repeating Schedule – Product Family Turnover Rate
Here’s another example for “sizing the wheel” for a mixed model fixed repeating schedule. Given: Changeover Time = 100 minutes Available Production […]
Kanban Simulation
Table top simulations are always a great training aid, and a debugging tool too. Despite careful instruction and process design reviews misconceptions […]