Lean

Total Productive Maintenance. Photo by Jim Bauer TPM is an acronym for Total Productive Maintenance, a system of coordinated group...

The Theory of Constraints is system-based philosophy that states that the constraint determines the performance of the systems. In other...

Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) is a process used to reduce waste. Originally begun in manufacturing, the techniques associated...

Classic Wastes hinder productivity. In a highly competitive world, it is impossible to offset lower productivity by raising prices to...

Takt time is the rate at which an organization needs to complete the production process in order to meet customer...

Cellular Systems is a kind of Lean approach that seeks to achieve efficiencies by leveraging the similarities between production units. It is...

5S Workplace Organization is a visual system. You may have also heard it referred to as a Kaizen event. 5S...

Poka-yoke: error-proofing. Photo by Bill Abbot Poka-Yoke Error-proofing is the act of making errors impossible through great design. Defining requirements...

The Lean Concepts Study guide will help you review the philosophy and application of Lean. After all, these concepts are...