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The Sixth Sigma: Achieve Breakthrough Performance Using Six Sigma

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Visualization through Lean Portal

Visualization through a portal can be deployed to empower the workforce to interpret and adapt to shop floor situations and trends. ...

... "More manufacturers are providing their plant-floor operators with access to information through portals that allow them to solve problems and adjust production schedules " ...


Via Industry Week: Technology Lean Role

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Flextronics Kaizen Practices Drive Improvements for the Customer

Flextronics Paderborn Germany site has mapped its value streams and continually implements improvements using Kaizen techniques. These improvements accelerate the efficiency of the operations over time, as individual changes may be hard to notice, but cumulative effects are signficant. ...

Flextronics German operations leverage lean techniques

... "We are using the Kaizen cards to record and implement improvements to our workspace. Even changes that seem little at first can have a major impact on the quality and speed of our production. " ...


Via evertiq: Flextronics Lean




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Thursday, March 13, 2008

Lean Visual Management

5S principles and visual management ...

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Sunday, February 25, 2007

Toyota Lean Manufacturing Applied in Education

Lean principles are used in education ...

Toyota lean principles are applied in education by Scott County Kentucky schools ...

... "Although Scott County Schools doesn't produce motor vehicles, it applies the human side of lean manufacturing principles espoused in The Toyota Way. " ...


Via Lexington Herald-Leader: Visual Controls in Education

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