Visual Factory

An Epic Lean Kitchen 0
- Sharing Best Practices, Visual Factory
- August 24, 2011
My buddy Paul Akers at FastCap shares another great example of applying Lean thinking and techniques to make our life easier. This time he takes us into the kitchen at FastCap where the use of visual controls and standard work are examined. I wonder if any of you will take any of these ideas and implement
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The 6 Pillars of 6S – Free Posters 0
- Lean Basics, Sharing Best Practices, Visual Factory
- July 6, 2011
In my plant in Avon, CT we do a number of tours sharing our Lean practices and thinking. It is our way of giving back since we have been fortunate to learn from some many great companies in our region. The one thing I am most requested for a copy of is our 6S Posters.
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Lean Practiced at Your Home Away From Home 0
- Lean in Practice, Visual Factory
- June 6, 2011
Many Lean practitioner remark about the examples of Lean thinking they find in their travels. I recently had a trip away from home for training (USA hockey Coaches training) where I found some examples worth sharing. Here is a good example of a simple poka yoke and standard work posted at point of use. So
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Teaching Kids Standard Work in Our Schools 0
- Lean in Practice, Visual Factory
- June 2, 2011
I am not sure how many of you have elementary age kids but I have 3 lovely kids that age. Every time I visit their classrooms I notice all the visuals. They use visuals throughout their learning process. Whether it is learning the alphabet, weather, time, dates, reading or whatever else the topic it is
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Lean at Home: My Visual Schedule 0
- Lean in Practice, Visual Factory
- May 16, 2011
I am often asked if I practice Lean at home. In my experience true Lean practitioners don’t separate home and work. They can’t shut it off. They are trained to find waste and put countermeasures in place to improve the situation. I am continually teaching my family about Lean so we can make things easier and better. I
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Changing Visual Standards Causes Mistakes 0
- Visual Factory
- May 9, 2011
A recent trip to the grocery store caused some pain at home. Jeff Hajek and I recently held a webinar on learning lean concepts from home where we used milk as the example. In this presentation we discussed visual standards which are help you identify the right type of milk. Below is an example of
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