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Strategic
Impact |
General
| Title |
Description |
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Lean
Briefing |
The
Newsletter of Lean Manufacturing & Factory Science.
Past & current issues. |
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Lean
Manufacturing: Principles, Basic Tools, Techniques and Definitions |
Article
discusses basic principals, tools
and techniques including
socio-technical aspects of Lean Manufacturing. Excellent overview
with links to more detailed information. |
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A
Brief History of Lean Manufacturing, Toyota and Just In Time |
How Lean
Manufacturing evolved from Just In Time, Toyota and Ford
systems. History back to Eli Whitney. |
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Pioneers
of Lean Manufacturing- Ohno and Shingo |
Norman
Bodek recalls his experience with Taiichi Ohno and Shigeo Shingo,
the originators of Just In Time, Toyota Production and Lean
Manufacturing. Includes biographical sketches of Ohno and Shingo. |
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"A
Bomber An Hour" |
How
Ford Motor Company and Charles Sorensen
built as many as twenty five 4-engine bombers a day at Willow
Run, Michigan in 1943. This enormous project holds many
lessons on Takt Time, Scheduling, Plant
Layout and Lean Manufacturing. |
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Benefits
of Lean Manufacturing
(Article) |
Typical
results from Lean Manufacturing implementations. Tables
detail range of improvement in five areas and 26 metrics.
Explanations. |
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Lean
Manufacturing Success |
Case
study of a successful
implementation of Lean Manufacturing. |
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Lean In Hard Times |
Articles explains why hard times (recessions,
financial crises) are the best times to implement lean.
Three case studies illustrate. |
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Lean
Manufacturing Defined & Explained |
Article:
Broad overview of Lean Manufacturing with links to detailed
explanations and topics. (Strategos Home Page) |
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World
Business Review-- Lean Manufacturing (Video) |
A
televised discussion with General Alexander Haig, Dan Miklovic and
Quarterman Lee. Visit Haldex Brake Products with interviews of
employees and video of workcells. Video
available or streaming video. |
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Lean
Assessment Tool |
A Lean
Manufacturing assessment tool that rates your factory
with respect to Lean principles. Answer the questions (not always
easy) and see where your organization stands. |
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Recommended
Reading & Videos |
Recommended
books and mini-reviews by Strategos. Expand on the ideas and
concepts presented on our site. |
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Useful
Links |
Sites
and URLs with additional information, tools useful stuff. |
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Lean
Manufacturing Downloads |
All of
the download files from this website in one location. |
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Lean
Manufacturing Case Studies |
This
page collects case studies from all over our site. They illustrate
both successes and failures. These cases also cover or emphasize
different aspects of Lean Manufacturing and Manufacturing
Strategy. |
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Implementing
Lean Manufacturing |
Q.
Lee's series
of articles on planning and implementation of a
Lean
Manufacturing Strategy. Published in the
Institute of Management Services Journal.
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Kamigo
Engine Plant--1983 |
Origins
of JIT and Lean Manufacturing. A personal recollection
of Toyota's Kamigo Engine Plant and how it contrasted with US
engine plants of the time. |
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Jidoka
& Autonomation |
Series
explains these more obscure concepts of Lean Manufacturing and how
they fit into a Lean Manufacturing Strategy. |
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Lean
Manufacturing Elements |
Short
glossary describing the top 40 Lean Manufacturing elements, tools
& techniques. |
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Strategos
Training |
Lean
Essentials & Experience
Lean
Assessment
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Strategic
Issues
Value
Stream & Process Mapping
Cellular
Manufacturing, Cell Design & Facility Planning
| Title |
Description |
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Plant
Layout & Facilities Planning for Lean Manufacturing |
Series
of short articles explains methodologies for facility
planning & plant layout from site searches to workstation
design. Includes the role of Manufacturing
Strategy & the Focused Factory concept. |
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Facilities
Planning & Workplace Design |
Free
download of entire book.
Quarterman Lee's popular
book on facility planning and plant
layout. Originally published by IIE, now available as a
download. |
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Video
"The Human Side of Lean
Manufacturing"
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In
this unique Lean Manufacturing video, five workers explain how
they designed and built their own workcell. This
video is the ideal introduction for the shop floor. Download
preview clip. |
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Workcells
- The Heart of Lean Manufacturing
(Article) |
Introduction
to Cellular Manufacturing
principles and why workcells are so important to Lean
Manufacturing: Why cells work, how to design. |
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Workcell
Design - A Rationalized Approach
(Article)
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A
structured, rational approach to manufacturing
work cell design. This is Engineering rather than
sloganeering, perfected over many projects and presented in dozens
of seminars. |
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Balancing
The Work In Workcells |
Balancing
the work of machines and people is an important issue in cell
design. Good balance is one of the major
sources of workcell efficiency. The methods shown here
go far beyond the usual "Line Balance" approach. |
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All
About Takt Time |
Takt
Time- definition, benefits, uses and limitations. Takt time is a
powerful concept with great benefits. Misapplied, it leads to big
problems. |
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Workcell
Design & Micro-Space Planning |
All
the details of manufacturing cell design from the forthcoming
second edition of Quarterman Lee's book, "Facilities
and Workplace Design". Sixty-five pages of examples,
procedures, description and tools. Free
Download. |
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One
Piece Flow - Should You Use It?
(Article) |
One
Piece Flow is not a moral imperative. Rather, it is an
engineering decision that often involves compromise. This article
explains. |
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Group
Technology
(Series)) |
Group
Technology and Coding &
Classification. Important tool for developing product
families from a complex product mix. Series of articles. |
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Facility
Planning Tools (Download) |
Excel
templates and paper forms for facility planning. Taken
from "Facilities and Workplace
Design". |
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Principles
of Motion Economy |
A
summary of Ralph M. Barnes' Principles of
Motion Economy and their use in workstation design. |
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Production
Miracle at Willow Run |
Production
on a fantastic scale! How Charles E. Sorensen created the Willow
Run Bomber plant that built a four-engine
B-24 Liberator every hour!. |
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Ergonomics
In Cellular & Lean Manufacturing |
Series
of introductory articles on Ergonomics and how this discipline can
improve workcells, reduce injuries and increase productivity. |
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Mixed Model
Production |
Articles discuss the oft-ignored aspect of Lean known as Mixed Model
Production. |
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Strategos
Training |
Workcell
Design
Plant
Layout
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Kaizen
Kanban,
Inventory & Scheduling
| Title |
Description |
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The
Fuss About Inventory
(Article) |
This
white paper explores the central role of
inventory in Lean Manufacturing systems. |
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Lean
Lot Sizing
(Article) |
Series
of articles on Lot Sizing during the Lean Journey. Includes
analysis, Guidelines, and the effects of setup reduction. How to
use analysis and reason rather than edicts and canons. |
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The
Kanban System Game |
Simulation
of a Kanban system. Interactive program teaches
operation and relationships between capacity, inventory, & lot
size. Excel template. |
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How
To Design A Kanban Scheduling System
(Article) |
Article,
presented at an annual conference of the Institute of Industrial
Engineers, summarizes the procedures, principles, and techniques
for designing Kanban systems. |
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Chaos &
Instability In Scheduling |
Series
of articles explores feedback and chaotic
systems and shows how to apply
lessons to manufacturing processes & scheduling. |
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Cycle Counting &
Inventory Accuracy
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How to plan and manage a
comprehensive Inventory Accuracy program that includes
cycle counting,
physical inventories, error prevention and transaction reduction. |
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Strategos
Training |
Kanban
System Design
Lean
Scheduling
Inventory
Record Accuracy
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Six
Sigma/TQM & Process Improvement
Setup
Reduction
The Human Side of Lean Manufacturing
Training
Maintenance,
5-S & Other Topics
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