Lean Thinking

Is a Continuous Improvement Process. It firstly identifies what customer’s value, and then uses Best Practices to establish how to make value flow, at the rate necessary to satisfy real demand by eliminating waste.

Waste

Overproduction, Waiting, Material handling and transportation, Unnecessary processing, Motion, Unnecessary inventory, Rework, Lost human creativity.

Lean Best Practices

Leading and Managing Change, Teamwork, 5S, Visual Measures, Problem Solving, Set-up Time Reduction, Standard Work, Fail Safe Devices (Poka-Yoke), Process Layout, Pull systems, Total Productive Maintenance (Effective and Autonomous Maintenance) Jidoka (Autonomation).