When it comes to manufacturing, understanding Lead Time, Cycle Time, and Takt time is critical. While these terms can be confusing at...

Kaizen & lean skill can be developed outside of work by observing what's around you in places like cafes, sporting events & your own home.

80/20 rule in manufacturing – A lean skill for Team Leaders

Lean thinking applies anywhere there's value to be delivered, to a customer through a process

Strong lean factories manage Change Points. The key is recognising that many defects and accidents happen after something in 5M1E changes

Digital Manufacturing / Industry 4.0 is about more than just sensors, data, things and machines. People are at the centre of it.

The care of defects is a significant marker of whether your business believes in Built-in Quality

Be sure why you're doing Gemba Walks and be able to link it to a purpose

Effective Gemba Walks: A key skill for Team Leaders

Practical Problem Solving models are often shared online BUT the pitfalls are rarely well explained. In this blog we’ll do just that!

5S ACTIVITY 1.Sort 2.Straighten 3.Shine 4.Standardise 5.Sustain In this blog we cover: What is 5 s 5s Examples: Real Factory...

Reduce Material Costs or Reduce Labour Costs? Manufacturing cost reduction is at the centre of lean thinking. It's by no means the whole...

The ultimate guide to creating strong Standard work, templates, meanings and the typical pitfalls to avoid

Almost all lean-minded people preach Safety first, Quality second. The same group of people routinely demonstrate dubious safety behaviour

With Hoshin Kanri, less is more..."Hoshin is the discipline to de-select". The aim of this blog is to show you how less can be more.

Practical Problem Solving in movies. 4 types of problems and real examples from Matt Damon's The Martian

Investigate examples of elite sports embracing Kaizen (aka Continuous Improvement) thinking

10 of the words that have been most useful in guiding Sempai's lean work, from working with Japanese manufacturers, especially Toyota Group

It's helpful to understand what Lean Manufacturing is. However, Defining lean is useful, lean definitions are useless.

Manufacturing Team Leaders who understand and deal with Change Points have far less problems to deal with.