Documentation is a vital component of any kaizen event. The kaizen event charter will help you plan, evaluate, and follow through with improvement activity.

In order to have a successful new Lean program you need to create a Lean Committee to create the organizational structure to support ongoing implementation.

The Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) System allows you to streamline your changeover operations in order to gain more productive uptime and…

Hoshin Kanri, or Policy Deployment, is a far-reaching approach used to connect the objectives of people at all levels of the organization to common goals.

Deepen your knowledge with this in-depth examination of each of the 5S steps. This course walks you through the sequence of…

This course provides a step-by-step implementation plan for rolling out a basic Kanban program within your organization.

Discover the basics of a Kanban System including the definition of Kanban, benefits of the system, and various options for physical Kanban control points.

As the Lean Plan and Committee have settled on the kaizen events for the year, prior to each event a series of meetings and preparations must occur to ensure the success of the kaizen event.

In this course on Value Stream Mapping Forms you will learn the various ways in which you can measure, define, and document your processes and…

In order to gain insight into how a tool or principle works, it is best to have a good example.