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Three Examples of the Seven Wastes of Lean Manufacturing

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Three Examples of the 7 Wastes of Lean Manufacturing

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In the last episode I explained that the heart of lean manufacturing is in eliminating waste, and I also introduced the seven wastes of lean. In this episode I want to take some time to illustrate these wastes in a few examples. If you’re already well-versed with the seven wastes, this will be a bit redundant. But if you’re still new to the concept of waste, I’m going to explain how they work in real-life examples. I highly recommend you also visit leansmarts.com or visit my YouTube channel for more examples of wastes. Seeing them in videos is useful and will help sharpen your powers of observation. Remember, one of our goals as lean practitioners is to learn how to see waste in the first place!

Also check out the show notes for this episode with some handy recommendations. Just go to www.leansmarts.com/003.

Okay, so what I’m going to do is give you three examples. One is a personal experience of the wastes of lean at home in my kitchen. The next is an example of a typical batch-production manufacturer. And the last is an office example in an engineering office. [Read more…] about Three Examples of the Seven Wastes of Lean Manufacturing

The Heart of Lean Manufacturing: Eliminating Waste

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The Heart of Lean Manufacturing: Eliminating Waste

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Welcome to episode two of the Lean Smarts Podcast! I’m your host Daniel Crawford and this is the show where I share simple and actionable lean tips and advice for starting, expanding, and leading a lean life, and a lean organization. In this episode I’m going to explain what is regarded as the heart of lean manufacturing, which is eliminating waste.

I will be naming resources and making references throughout the cast, but you can always check out the show notes online for easy access to them. Just go to leansmarts.com/002 to find this episode’s notes.

The heart of lean manufacturing is eliminating waste from processes so that value to customers can flow at greater quality and velocity. In order to dig into this further it’s important that we define these two ideas of value and waste. [Read more…] about The Heart of Lean Manufacturing: Eliminating Waste

What is Lean Manufacturing?

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Ep. 001 What is Lean Manufacturing

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Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Lean Smarts Podcast! I’m your host Daniel Crawford and this is the show where I share simple and actionable lean tips and advice for starting, expanding, and leading a lean life, and a lean organization. In this first episode I’m going to introduce you to lean manufacturing by answering seven questions:

  1. What is lean and who is it for?
  2. What is the origin and history of lean?
  3. What is the goal of lean?
  4. What are some common lean tools?
  5. How does someone get started with Lean?
  6. What factors are necessary to be successful with lean?
  7. How do I learn more about Lean?

I will be naming resources and making references throughout the cast, but you can always check out the show notes online for easy access to them. Just go to leansmarts.com/001 to find this episode’s notes. [Read more…] about What is Lean Manufacturing?

LS 004 | Eliminating the 7 Roadblocks to Empowerment

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Eliminating the 7 Roadblocks to Empowerment

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • Why empowerment matters (0:39)
  • Roadblock #1: Supervisors (3:02)
  • Roadblock #2: Skills (5:03)
  • Roadblock #3: Time (6:26)
  • Roadblock #4: Tools (& Materials) (7:10)
  • Roadblock #5: Physical Structures (8:28)
  • Roadblock #6: Reward Systems (10:21)
  • Roadblock #7: Information Systems (13:45)

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