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  1. Why We Need Visual Management…
  2. Kaizen Through Growing Your People
  3. Who Does Kaizen?
  4. Dark Lean
  5. A Common Mistake in Doing Lean: Skipping the Details!
  6. Toyota Change Point Management: Henkaten
  7. On the Quality of KPIs
  8. What are Good KPIs?
  9. The Toyota Total Link System Chart (TLSC)
  10. Effects on Efficiency—Group Size, Line, Location, Product
  11. Effects on Efficiency—Takt Time
  12. The Grand Tour of German Automotive—The Unusual Volkswagen Transparent Factory Dresden
  13. The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Volkswagen Osnabrück
  14. Happy 11th Birthday, AllAboutLean.com!
  15. The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Volkswagen Emden
  16. The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Volkswagen Wolfsburg
  17. The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Audi Neckarsulm
  18. The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Audi Ingolstadt
  19. The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Porsche Assembly Lines
  20. The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Porsche Overview
  21. The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Daimler Truck Wörth
  22. The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Mercedes-Benz Rastatt
  23. The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Mercedes-Benz Bremen
  24. The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen
  25. The Grand Tour of German Automotive—BMW Berlin Motorbikes
  26. The Grand Tour of German Automotive—BMW Leipzig
  27. The Grand Tour of German Automotive—BMW Munich
  28. The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Overview
  29. 3D Printing at Stratasys—3D Printing Markets
  30. 3D Printing at Stratasys—Printing Technologies
  31. A Frequent Mistake—Undoing an Assembly Line—Part 2
  32. A Frequent Mistake—Undoing an Assembly Line—Part 1
  33. The Evolution of Automotive Assembly Line—Part 2
  34. The Evolution of Automotive Assembly Line—Part 1
  35. The BMW Finger Line Layout
  36. Variable Takt at Fendt in Marktoberdorf—Part 3
  37. Variable Takt at Fendt in Marktoberdorf—Part 2
  38. Variable Takt at Fendt in Marktoberdorf—Part 1
  39. Using Empty Slots on the Assembly Line
  40. The Two Directions of Poka Yoke
  41. Different Aspects of Seeing a Shop Floor—Data
  42. Different Aspects of Seeing a Shop Floor—Gemba vs. Data
  43. Different Aspects of Seeing a Shop Floor—Unevenness, Overburden, and Safety
  44. Different Aspects of Seeing a Shop Floor—Visual Management, 5S, and Waste
  45. Different Aspects of Seeing a Shop Floor—Introduction
  46. Luxury Car Assembly at Audi and Daimler
  47. How to Pace Your Assembly Line
  48. Keep Calm and Stop the Line—Part 2
  49. Keep Calm and Stop the Line—Part 1
  50. Toyota Practical Problem Solving (PPS)—Monitor and Share
  51. Toyota Practical Problem Solving (PPS)—Countermeasures and Implement
  52. Toyota Practical Problem Solving (PPS)—Targets and Root Causes
  53. Toyota Practical Problem Solving (PPS)—Clarify
  54. Toyota Practical Problem Solving (PPS)—Introduction
  55. What Exactly Is Overburden (Muri)?
  56. Lessons Learned from the Toyota KPI Dashboard for Your Own Dashboard
  57. The Toyota KPI Dashboard—Production Plan
  58. The Toyota KPI Dashboard—Human Resources
  59. The Toyota KPI Dashboard—Cost
  60. The Toyota KPI Dashboard—Productivity
  61. The Toyota KPI Dashboard—Quality
  62. The Toyota KPI Dashboard—Safety
  63. The Toyota KPI Dashboard—Overview
  64. Dos and Do Nots for KPIs
  65. Ramp-Up and Ramp-Down of Production
  66. Preparation for Ramp Up and Down of Production
  67. Happy 10th Birthday, AllAboutLean.com
  68. When to Use Standards…and When Not
  69. Different Ways to Do Kaizen
  70. The Soft Power of the Toyota Production System—Yokoten, Nemawashi, and More
  71. Continuously Moving Assembly Line—Speed Limitations
  72. Continuously Moving Assembly Line—Special Situations
  73. Continuously Moving Assembly Line—How to Do Line Balancing
  74. Continuously Moving Assembly Line—Speed, Work Content, and Length
  75. The Particularities of Continuously Moving Assembly Lines
  76. How to Do Make-or-Buy
  77. Make or Buy: How Not to Do It
  78. Flexible Multi-Model Assembly Line at Toyota
  79. Training Within Industry—Second-Line Supervisor Job Instructions
  80. Real vs. Planned Data in Pull Systems
  81. The Difference between the Toyota Production System and Lean Manufacturing
  82. KUKA FAMULUS Turns 50—The First Modern Industrial Robot
  83. When to Use a Milk Run
  84. Stack Lights—Visual Management Done Easy
  85. SMED 2.0—A Changeover for the Changeover
  86. The Danger of Management by Numbers
  87. Making the Problem go Away Is NOT Improvement
  88. On the Team Structure at Toyota
  89. Adding Another Axis to the Qualification Matrix—Products
  90. How to Use a Qualification Matrix
  91. How to Establish a Qualification Matrix
  92. On the Benefits of Putting Your Processes Close Together
  93. Steps Toward One-Piece Flow
  94. Akio Toyoda Steps Down as Toyota CEO
  95. What Are the Advantages of One-Piece Flow?
  96. The Impact of ChatGPT on the Future of Work
  97. The Limits of Work Standards
  98. What’s Buzzing?—Vibration Sensors in Industry
  99. The Difficulties of Dazzling Digital Shop Floor Dashboards
  100. Toyota’s New Type of Flexible Assembly Lines—Takaoka Line #2
  101. Omotenashi in Product Design
  102. The Van of Nerds in France—Trains and Cars
  103. The Van of Nerds in France—Internal Logistics in Well Exploration and Military Products
  104. The Van of Nerds in France—Aircraft Engines and Parts
  105. The Van of Nerds in France—Research Laboratories
  106. The Van of Nerds in France—Overview and Aircrafts
  107. Toyota’s Master Craftsmen: Takumi
  108. What Is Ikigai?
  109. How to Reduce Part Variants
  110. How to Reduce Product Variants
  111. How to Reduce Your Lot Size Part 3—Customer, Machine, Leveling, and Tradition
  112. How to Reduce Your Lot Size Part 2—Changeover, Container, and Shipments
  113. How to Reduce Your Lot Size Part 1—Introduction
  114. Why FIFO: The Benefits of First In, First Out
  115. What Should Be Your Target OEE?
  116. Should You Split Your Production System into Two?
  117. This is NOT Lean: Lean Staffing
  118. 250 Years of the Cromford Cotton Mill – Start of the Industrial Revolution
  119. Happy 9th Birthday, AllAboutLean.com
  120. Examples of Job Shop to Flow Shop Conversions
  121. Manufacturing in a War Zone – Part 2
  122. Manufacturing in a War Zone – Part 1
  123. What is One-Piece Flow?
  124. What Is Flow?
  125. How IKEA Uses Drones for Inventory Management
  126. Drones in Manufacturing
  127. The 6R Goals of Lean Manufacturing
  128. How to Look Good at the Cost of Your Successor (Please Don’t!)–Part 3
  129. How to Look Good at the Cost of Your Successor (Please Don’t!)–Part 2
  130. How to Look Good at the Cost of Your Successor (Please Don’t!)–Part 1
  131. Virtual Reality Factory for Training and Teaching
  132. Where to Start Your Kaizen?
  133. The Modern Way to Buy Screws
  134. The Problem of Industry 4.0: Data! – Part 2
  135. The Problem of Industry 4.0: Data! – Part 1
  136. Evolution of Process Placement at Toyota – Part 2
  137. Evolution of Process Placement at Toyota – Part 1
  138. Material Flow and Traffic Flow – An Analogy
  139. 250 Years after the Birth of Eli Terry
  140. On Standard Tools and Standard Solutions…
  141. 50 Years of SAP–Blessing or a Curse?
  142. How Managers Drove Boeing into the Ground…
  143. A Few More Turns on the Changeover Wheel – Part 5: Frequently Asked Questions
  144. A Few More Turns on the Changeover Wheel – Part 4: Options for Prioritizing
  145. A Few More Turns on the Changeover Wheel – Part 3: Prioritizing Jobs
  146. A Few More Turns on the Changeover Wheel – Part 2: Improving the Sequence
  147. A Few More Turns on the Changeover Wheel – Part 1: Creating a Sequence
  148. AI in Manufacturing: Hype or Helpful?
  149. What Percentage Value Add to Expect for Manual Work?
  150. How to Estimate Value Add for Manual Work – How to See Waste!
  151. On Workplace Safety
  152. Alec Baldwin and Workplace Safety
  153. 50 Years after the Death of Lillian Evelyn Gilbreth
  154. Changeover Sequencing under Duress: Problems with Make and Deliver
  155. Changeover Sequencing under Duress: Problems with Source
  156. The Benefits of Mass Production
  157. Make-to-Order vs Make-to-Stock: Additional Decision Factors
  158. Make-to-Order vs Make-to-Stock: The ABC XYZ Analysis
  159. When to Produce Make-to-Order, When Make-to-Stock?
  160. Replenishment Time Stability for Changeover Sequencing
  161. How to Prioritize in Changeover Sequencing
  162. Can You Plan Around Your Fluctuations?
  163. The Boss Knows Best … or Does He?
  164. Military Leadership and Disobedience
  165. Ten Years of Industry 4.0-Quo Vadis?
  166. Work Improvement before Equipment Improvement
  167. How to Convince Your People to Do a Lean Transformation
  168. About the Value of Disagreement for Leadership
  169. About Just in Time and Fluctuations (Like… a Pandemic…)
  170. Standards Part 9: Leader Standard Work
  171. Happy 8th Birthday AllAboutLean.com
  172. Standards Part 8: Example for a Work Standard
  173. Standards Part 7: How to Write a Work Standard
  174. Standards Part 6: Standardized Work
  175. Standards Part 5: How to Use and Improve a Standard
  176. Standards Part 4: How to Write a Standard (Continued)
  177. Standards Part 3: How to Write a Standard
  178. Standards Part 2: Why and Where to Do Standards
  179. Standards Part 1: What Are Standards?
  180. How Much to Adjust the Pull Inventory Limit
  181. Behavior of a Kanban Supermarket
  182. Performance Comparison of Job Shop and Flow Shop
  183. What Different Pull Systems Can Be Combined?
  184. Which Pull System Is Right for You?
  185. What Are the Criteria to Decide on a Pull System?
  186. The Different Ways to Establish Pull Production
  187. Pull: A Way Forward for Supply Chains – Guest Post by John Shook
  188. An Alternative Structure for Total Productive Maintenance
  189. How to Do Reactive Maintenance
  190. The Pillars of TPM – The Missing Pillar Reactive Maintenance?
  191. The Pillars of TPM – Quality, Training, Administration, and Safety
  192. The Pillars of TPM – Early Equipment Management
  193. The Pillars of TPM – Planned Maintenance
  194. The Pillars of TPM – Autonomous Maintenance
  195. The Pillars of TPM – Focused Improvement
  196. An Overview of the Eight Pillars of Total Productive Maintenance
  197. What Are the Goals of Maintenance?
  198. A Brief History of Maintenance
  199. What Is a Good Minimum for the Supermarket?
  200. How to Use a Minimum in a Supermarket
  201. Manufacturing Drives Prosperity
  202. Respect for People – It’s Difficult…
  203. Respect for People – Why and How
  204. Respect for People – Introduction
  205. Reducing Lead Time 4 – Development
  206. Reducing Lead Time 3 – Throughput and Lot Size
  207. Reducing Lead Time 2 – Fluctuations and Utilization
  208. Reducing Lead Time 1 – Inventory
  209. What Is True North in Lean?
  210. The Baton Touch Flow Line
  211. How to Learn Lean
  212. The Impact of Brexit on Supply Chains
  213. Reducing Fluctuations Downstream
  214. Reducing Fluctuations on Your Shop Floor
  215. Reducing Fluctuations Upstream
  216. Structure for Reducing Fluctuations
  217. Why Are Fluctuations So Bad?
  218. How to Roll Out a Lean Transformation
  219. Key Points for a Lean Transformation
  220. How NOT to Do a Lean Transformation – A Case Study of GM
  221. How to Do a Lean Transformation – The Toyota Approach
  222. When NOT to Balance a Line
  223. Happy 7th Birthday AllAboutLean.com
  224. Toyota’s Six Rules for Kanban
  225. How the Corona Virus affects Logistics
  226. On the Safety of Workers During Corona – Part 2
  227. On the Safety of Workers During Corona – Part 1
  228. Design for X
  229. Design for Assembly Questions – Part 3
  230. Design for Assembly Questions – Part 2
  231. Design for Assembly Questions – Part 1
  232. Design for Manufacturing Questions
  233. Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Workshop Preparation
  234. Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Basics
  235. How to Convert a Job Shop into a Flow Shop – Part 2
  236. How to Convert a Job Shop into a Flow Shop – Part 1
  237. Why Are Job Shops Always Such a Chaotic Mess? Part 2
  238. Why Are Job Shops Always Such a Chaotic Mess? Part 1
  239. How to Conduct a Shop Floor Meeting
  240. How to Set Up a Shop Floor Meeting – Part 2
  241. How to Set Up a Shop Floor Meeting – Part 1
  242. When NOT to Pull!
  243. American Factory – Documentary of a Chinese Automotive Factory in the USA
  244. Fictional Movie on US-Japan Automotive Culture Clash – Gung Ho
  245. The Amazon Robotics Family: Kiva, Pegasus, Xanthus, and more…
  246. Amazon Kiva Storage Strategies
  247. Where Is All the Toilet Paper? Don’t Worry, It Is coming!
  248. Storage Strategies – Mixed Systems and Review
  249. Storage Strategies – Random Chaotic and ABC
  250. Storage Strategies – Fixed Location
  251. Storage Strategies – Even More Stacking Options
  252. Storage Strategies – Stacking Options
  253. Flexible Manpower Lines 4 – How-To do Flexible Manpower Lines
  254. Flexible Manpower Lines 3 – Example Line
  255. Flexible Manpower Lines 2 – Alternatives and Example
  256. Flexible Manpower Lines 1 – Introduction
  257. What Is Kaizen?
  258. 225th Anniversary of the Death of Josiah Wedgwood – Father of Science in Manufacturing
  259. 115 Years after the Birth of Joseph Juran
  260. When and How to Use Extra Kanban
  261. More Reasons for Working Less
  262. One Up One Down – Approach to Manage Manual Production Lines
  263. The Inner Workings of Amazon Fulfillment Centers – Part 6
  264. The Inner Workings of Amazon Fulfillment Centers – Part 5
  265. The Inner Workings of Amazon Fulfillment Centers – Part 4
  266. The Inner Workings of Amazon Fulfillment Centers – Part 3
  267. The Inner Workings of Amazon Fulfillment Centers – Part 2
  268. The Inner Workings of Amazon Fulfillment Centers – Part 1
  269. Industry 4.0 Tour in Germany – A Van Full of Nerds – Presentations and Tryouts
  270. Industry 4.0 Tour in Germany – A Van Full of Nerds – Kärcher and Siemens
  271. Industry 4.0 Tour in Germany – A Van Full of Nerds – Bosch Reutlingen Wafer Fab
  272. Industry 4.0 Tour in Germany – A Van Full of Nerds – Trumpf Gerlingen
  273. Industry 4.0 Tour in Germany – A Van Full of Nerds – ABB Stotz-Kontakt
  274. Industry 4.0 Tour in Germany – A Van Full of Nerds – Overview and Audi
  275. Happy 6th Birthday, AllAboutLean.com
  276. Cardboard Engineering – Alternatives
  277. Cardboard Engineering – Workshop
  278. Cardboard Engineering – Preparation
  279. Mixed Model Sequencing – Summary
  280. Mixed Model Sequencing – Complex Example Verification
  281. Mixed Model Sequencing – Complex Example Sequencing 2
  282. Mixed Model Sequencing – Complex Example Sequencing 1
  283. Mixed Model Sequencing – Complex Example Data Basis
  284. Mixed Model Sequencing – Complex Example Introduction
  285. Mixed Model Sequencing – Basic Example Sequencing
  286. Mixed Model Sequencing – Basic Example Workload and Buffering
  287. Mixed Model Sequencing – Basic Example Introduction
  288. Mixed Model Sequencing – Adjust Capacity
  289. Mixed Model Sequencing – Just Make the Problem Go Away
  290. Mixed Model Sequencing – Introduction
  291. On Adjusting Supervisor Workload
  292. On the Span of Control
  293. Diseconomies of Scale
  294. Relation between Quantity and Cost in Manufacturing
  295. Maintaining Weak FIFO in Parallel FIFO Lanes
  296. Maintaining Strong FIFO in Parallel FIFO Lanes
  297. The Power of Six: Time and Money for Parts of Your Value Stream
  298. The Power of Six: Relation between Time and Money in Manufacturing
  299. 150 Years after the Birth of Albert Kahn
  300. The Toyoda Model G Loom (with Videos)
  301. Production Control with COBACABANA
  302. Production Sequences: FCFS, EDD, and Others
  303. Delivery Sequences: FIFO, LIFO, and Others
  304. How to Make CONWIP Loops
  305. Should You Use Physical or Digital Kanban Cards?
  306. Hoshin Kanri and the Kanri Noryoku Program: Rejuvenating Toyota
  307. Hoshin Kanri – Part 4: The X-Matrix?
  308. Hoshin Kanri – Part 3: Hierarchical Hoshins
  309. Hoshin Kanri – Part 2: PDCA
  310. Hoshin Kanri – Part 1: The To-Do List
  311. How Cheap Can You Make it?
  312. 25 Years after W. Edwards Deming
  313. Point-of-Use Provider Routing
  314. Point-of-Use Provider Calculations
  315. Introduction to Point-of-Use Providers (or Mizusumashi)
  316. Lean Construction
  317. Example of Problem Solving – Japanese Men’s Relay Team Rio 2016
  318. A Good Standard Needs No Explanation
  319. External Milk Runs
  320. Frequently Asked Questions for Milk Runs
  321. Milk Run Layout
  322. Calculating the Material for Your Milk Run
  323. Milk Run Basics
  324. Introduction to Milk Runs
  325. Just in Time at Hyundai Mobis in Korea
  326. Toyota Kata
  327. Happy 5th Birthday AllAboutLean.com
  328. Calculating the Number of POLCA Cards
  329. Advantages and Disadvantages of POLCA
  330. What Is POLCA?
  331. Lean and Industry 4.0
  332. Examples of Jidoka
  333. The Philosophy and Practicality of Jidoka
  334. What Exactly Is Jidoka?
  335. All About 5 Why
  336. Toyota Standard Work – Part 3: Standard Work Layout
  337. Toyota Standard Work – Part 2: Standard Work Combination Table
  338. Toyota Standard Work – Part 1: Production Capacity
  339. Disabled Employees in Manufacturing – Omron Taiyo in Japan – Part 2
  340. Disabled Employees in Manufacturing – Omron Taiyo in Japan – Part 1
  341. My Workshop Structure for Creative Problem Solving
  342. Creative Provocation, Reverse Brainstorming, and Analogy
  343. Fishbone Diagrams and Mind Maps
  344. How to Do Brainstorming
  345. Leading with Confidence
  346. Effect of Prioritization on Waiting Times
  347. The Grand Tour of Japanese Automotive – Subaru
  348. The Grand Tour of Japanese Automotive – Suzuki
  349. The Grand Tour of Japanese Automotive – Mazda
  350. The Grand Tour of Japanese Automotive – Mitsubishi
  351. The Grand Tour of Japanese Automotive – Honda Kumamoto
  352. The Grand Tour of Japanese Automotive – Honda Sayama
  353. The Grand Tour of Japanese Automotive – Nissan
  354. The Grand Tour of Japanese Automotive – Overview and Toyota
  355. Continued Evolution of the Toyota Assembly Line
  356. More on TWI Programs
  357. JM: Training within Industry – Job Methods
  358. JR: Training within Industry – Job Relations
  359. JI: Training within Industry – Job Instructions
  360. Training within Industry – TWI – Oldies but Goldies
  361. Heroes, Firefighting, and Corporate Culture
  362. The Dark Side of Japanese Working Society
  363. The Toyota Employee Evaluation System
  364. Anatomy of the Toyota Kanban
  365. Monozukuri – Japanese Work Ethics
  366. A Small Dice Game for the Kingman Formula
  367. Twelve Ways to Create Space around Your Assembly – Part 2
  368. Twelve Ways to Create Space around Your Assembly – Part 1
  369. Structured Approach to Material Supply for Assembly – Part 2
  370. Structured Approach to Material Supply for Assembly – Part 1
  371. The Challenges of Material Supply for Assembly
  372. Karakuri Kaizen Examples
  373. Fundamentals of Karakuri Kaizen
  374. Introduction to Karakuri Kaizen
  375. Industry 4.0 – What Works, What Doesn’t
  376. How to Deal With Long Delivery Times
  377. The Kingman Formula – Variation, Utilization, and Lead Time
  378. Ship to Line
  379. Happy 4th Birthday AllAboutLean.com
  380. Just in Sequence Part 3 – What Can Go Wrong
  381. Just in Sequence Part 2 – How to Do It
  382. Just in Sequence Part 1 – What Is It?
  383. Different Ways to Establish a Pull System – Part 2
  384. Different Ways to Establish a Pull System – Part 1
  385. How to See Visual Management
  386. Employee Motivation and Lean Implementation – Part 4: Respect for People
  387. Employee Motivation and Lean Implementation – Part 3: Lack of Respect
  388. Employee Motivation and Lean Implementation – Part 2: Money
  389. Employee Motivation and Lean Implementation – Part 1: Carrot and Stick
  390. Changeover Sequencing – Part 2
  391. Changeover Sequencing – Part 1
  392. On Running Changeovers
  393. The Phases of a Changeover
  394. What to Do with SMED: Reduce Lot Size or Increase Work Time?
  395. Where Lean Went Wrong – A Historical Perspective
  396. Strategies for Mass Customization
  397. Material Flow in the Arsenal of Venice 1797
  398. The Arsenal of Venice
  399. Pacing of Flow Lines 2 – Continuously Moving Line
  400. Pacing of Flow Lines 1 – Unstructured and Pulse Line
  401. Lean Is Tough – The Phases of a Lean Transformation
  402. Organize Your Production Sequence – 3: Flow Shop
  403. Organize Your Production Sequence – 2: Job Shop
  404. Organize Your Production Sequence – 1: Project Shop
  405. The Lean Mindset – Te & Kaffi in Iceland
  406. Lean Tales in Japan: The Japanese Supermarket Checkout
  407. The Lean Rabbit Chase in a U-Line
  408. 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Sakichi Toyoda
  409. The Chaku Chaku Line
  410. How to Determine Your Lot Size – Part 3
  411. How to Determine Your Lot Size – Part 2
  412. How to Determine Your Lot Size – Part 1
  413. The Lean Bucket Brigade – Part 2: Details and Caveats
  414. The Lean Bucket Brigade – Part 1: Overview
  415. Dealing with Uncertainty
  416. How to Ramp Up a Kanban System – Part 2: The Switch
  417. How to Ramp Up a Kanban System – Part 1: Preparation
  418. Kanban Card Design
  419. Interview on the David Pakman Show on the Future of Manufacturing
  420. Line Layout Strategies – Part 3: Merging
  421. Line Layout Strategies – Part 2: I-, U-, S-, and L-Lines
  422. Line Layout Strategies – Part 1: The Big Picture
  423. Loss of Material: Theft!
  424. Reddit: I am Chris Roser, a professor studying the past, present, and future of manufacturing, and just published my first book. AMA!
  425. Toyota’s and Denso’s Relentless Quest for Lot Size One
  426. “Lean Standard” ISO 18404 – A Questionable Idea …
  427. Volkswagen Supplier Relations Failure
  428. Can you tell your Bottleneck from your Inventory?
  429. The Many Different Flavors of the OEE
  430. Happy 3rd Birthday AllAboutLean.com
  431. The History of Manufacturing – Part 4: Toyota and Lean
  432. The History of Manufacturing – Part 3: Luddism to Henry Ford
  433. The History of Manufacturing – Part 2: Middle Ages to Industrial Revolution
  434. The History of Manufacturing – Part 1: Prehistory to Antiquity
  435. Good and Bad Ways to Calculate the OEE
  436. How to Prioritize Your Work Orders – Prioritization of Made to Order
  437. How to Prioritize Your Work Orders – Prioritization of Made to Stock
  438. How to Prioritize Your Work Orders – The VIP Lane
  439. How to Prioritize Your Work Orders – Basics
  440. How to Make “Just in Time” Work – Part 2
  441. How to Make “Just in Time” Work – Part 1
  442. What Is “Just in Time”?
  443. Tales from Japan – Lean in the Japanese Public Toilet
  444. How Product Variants Influence Your Inventory
  445. The Relation between Inventory, Customer Takt, and Replenishment Time
  446. Using Lots of Effort and Money to Demotivate Your People
  447. The Curious Case of 100% Work Performance
  448. How Operators Hide the True Workload
  449. The Many Flavors of the PDCA
  450. Common Mistakes with the PDCA (and Some History)
  451. The Key to Lean – Plan, Do, Check, Act!
  452. Supermarket vs. FiFo – What Requires Less Inventory?
  453. The A3 Report – Part 3: Limitations and Common Mistakes
  454. The A3 Report – Part 2: Content
  455. The A3 Report – Part 1: Basics
  456. On the Benefits of a Pencil in Lean
  457. Visit the Shop Floor or Your People Will Fool You! – Genchi Genbutsu
  458. Line Balancing Part 6 – Tips and Tricks for Balancing
  459. Line Balancing Part 5 – Balancing Using Paper
  460. Line Balancing Part 4 – OEE Usage and Flexibility
  461. Line Balancing Part 3 – OEE Caveats
  462. Line Balancing Part 2 – Duration of Tasks
  463. Line Balancing Part 1 – Data Overview
  464. The Challenges of Lean Administration
  465. The Problems of Cost Accounting with Lean
  466. Taiichi Ohno’s Chalk Circle
  467. A Critical Look at Industry 4.0
  468. Lean for Refugees
  469. How to Reduce Your Inventory
  470. Why Do We Have Inventory?
  471. American Automotive Market Strategy of Toyota and Others
  472. What Is Your Production Capacity?
  473. How to Use an Andon – and How Not To
  474. All About Andon
  475. The Three Fundamental Ways to Decouple Fluctuations
  476. Pay Attention to Details – Operator Training at Toyota and Scania
  477. Cycle Times for Manual Processes
  478. How to Measure Cycle Times – Part 2
  479. How to Measure Cycle Times – Part 1
  480. Pitfalls of Takt Times
  481. How to determine Takt Times
  482. On the Different Ways to Measure Production Speed
  483. All About Swim Lane Diagrams
  484. Happy 2nd Birthday AllAboutLean.com
  485. All About Spaghetti Diagrams
  486. Practical Tips for Value Stream Mapping
  487. Basics of Value Stream Maps
  488. Overview of Value Stream Mapping Symbols
  489. When to Do Value Stream Maps (and When Not!)
  490. Bubble Diagrams to Visualize Material Flow
  491. Visualize Your System – Overview of Diagrams in Manufacturing
  492. 230 Years of Interchangeable Parts – A Brief History
  493. A Eulogy for Little’s Law
  494. Theory and Practice of Supermarkets – Part 2
  495. Theory and Practice of Supermarkets – Part 1
  496. Why Pull Is So Great!
  497. The (True) Difference Between Push and Pull
  498. Twenty-five Years after Ohno – A Look Back
  499. How to Find a Good Lean Consultant
  500. Definition of Lean Production
  501. How to Make 5S Stick
  502. How 5S Works
  503. Muda, Mura, Muri: The Three Evils of Manufacturing
  504. More On Cuba’s Planned Economy: Cuban Industry
  505. Lies, Damned Lies, and KPI – Part 3: Countermeasures
  506. Lies, Damned Lies, and KPI – Part 2: Effects of Fudging
  507. 100th Anniversary of the Death of Frederick Winslow Taylor, the Father of Modern Scientific Management
  508. Lies, Damned Lies, and KPI – Part 1: Examples of Fudging
  509. The Seven Types of Waste (Muda) – Now with 24 More Types of Waste Absolutely Free!
  510. How a Planned Economy Can Screw Up an Entire Country – Analogy between Cuba’s Communist Economy and Push Systems
  511. Benefits and Flaws of CONWIP in Comparison to Kanban
  512. Frequently Asked Questions on CONWIP Systems – Part 2
  513. Frequently Asked Questions on CONWIP Systems – Part 1
  514. Basics of CONWIP Systems (Constant Work in Progress)
  515. Shop Floor Etiquette – Part 2
  516. Shop Floor Etiquette – Part 1
  517. Introduction to One-Piece Flow Leveling – Part 2 Implementation
  518. Introduction to One-Piece Flow Leveling – Part 1 Theory
  519. The Folly of EPEI Leveling in Practice – Part 2
  520. The Folly of EPEI Leveling in Practice – Part 1
  521. Theory of Every Part Every Interval (EPEI) Leveling & Heijunka
  522. An Introduction to Capacity Leveling
  523. Why Leveling (Heijunka) is important
  524. A Critical Look at Goldratt’s Drum-Buffer-Rope Method
  525. Bottleneck Management Part 3 – Bottleneck Decoupling and Capacity Improvement
  526. Bottleneck Management Part 2 – Improve Bottleneck Planning
  527. Bottleneck Management Part 1 – Introduction and Utilization
  528. Common Mistakes of Top Executives – A look at “Undercover Boss”
  529. Top Five Cases When NOT to Use a FiFo
  530. Eight Rules for Total Gridlock in the Organization (Video)
  531. A Successful Example of Lean Implementation – Trumpf and its Synchro Manufacturing System (Part 2)
  532. A Successful Example of Lean Implementation – Trumpf and its Synchro Manufacturing System (Part 1)
  533. The Advantage of Handwritten Data on the Shop Floor
  534. The FiFo Calculator – Determining the Size of your Buffers
  535. Visual Management during World War II – A Visit to the Lascaris War Rooms in Malta
  536. Happy 1st Birthday AllAboutLean.com
  537. Determining the Size of Your FiFo Lane – The FiFo Formula
  538. Theory and Practice on FiFo Lanes – How Does FiFo Work in Lean Manufacturing?
  539. Corporate Culture on Quality Starts at the Top – A Small Anecdote on Organizational Blindness
  540. Facing Change in Modern Manufacturing Systems – The Difference between Flexible, Agile, Reconfigurable, Robust, and Adaptable Manufacturing Systems
  541. The Hidden and not-so-hidden costs of Inventory
  542. Manufacturing – A key stepping stone on the Road to Prosperity
  543. The Bottleneck Walk – Practical Bottleneck Detection Part 2
  544. The Bottleneck Walk – Practical Bottleneck Detection Part 1
  545. Mathematically Accurate Bottleneck Detection 1 – The Average Active Period Method
  546. Mathematically Accurate Bottleneck Detection 2 – The Active Period Method
  547. Common Bottleneck Detection Methods that do NOT work!
  548. About Shifting Bottlenecks
  549. Culture of Quality – A Comparison of Toyota and GM Recalls
  550. Toyota Employee Relationship Crisis and Countermeasures 1990’s
  551. How Many Kanbans? – Estimation Approach and Maintenance
  552. How Many Kanbans? – The Kanban Formula, Part 2
  553. How Many Kanbans? – The Kanban Formula, Part 1
  554. Cost of Complexity
  555. The Problem of Losing Kanban – Different Kanban Types
  556. The Difference Between Lean and Six Sigma
  557. A Lean Obituary for Maybach – A Cautionary Tale About Cost of Complexity
  558. How to Manage Your Lean Projects – Prioritize
  559. How to Manage Your Lean Projects – Number of Active Projects
  560. How a Little Bit of Industrial Espionage Started the Industrial Revolution
  561. SMED – Creative Quick Changeover Exercises and Training
  562. The History of Quick Changeover (SMED)
  563. Quick Changeover Basics – SMED
  564. Poka Yoke Training – Simple Mistake Proofing Game
  565. Dress for Success in Lean Manufacturing
  566. On the Lean Guru Shigeo Shingo
  567. Evolution of Toyota Assembly Line Layout – A Visit to the Motomachi Plant
  568. Lean is Zero Defects? – I don’t think so!
  569. Consistency at Toyota – The Board of Directors of the Toyota Motor Company
  570. Japanese Standard Pointing and Calling (Video)
  571. Value Stream Mapping – Why to Start at the Customer Side
  572. Simple Triangle Kanban System for Office Supplies
  573. Ten Rules When to Use a FIFO, When a Supermarket – The Rules
  574. Ten Rules When to Use a FIFO, When a Supermarket – Introduction
  575. Hell is Other People – Workplace Conflict between Managers and the Managed
  576. Internal Threat to the Toyota Production System Due to New Hiring Practices
  577. Extended Lean Tool Kit for Shop Floor Improvement Projects
  578. The Tale of Taylor and Gilbreth
  579. Know Your Priorities!
  580. Seven Gadgets for the Basic Lean Toolkit
  581. Lean Shop Floor Checklist – Top 4 KPI to Watch in the Factory
  582. Japanese Multidimensional Problem Solving
  583. Lean Where You Least Expect It – Toilet Paper Origami
  584. How to Misguide Your Visitor – or What Not to Pay Attention to During a Plant Visit!
  585. Make Your Plant Tour a Success!
  586. Visit to Euromold for the Latest in 3D Printing
  587. Ancient Roman Management Techniques
  588. What the OEE is Good for … and What it’s Not
  589. Top Three Methods on how to Fudge Your OEE
  590. How to Measure OEE
  591. What is OEE? – Definition of OEE
  592. New Professor, New Blog

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