…all you need to know
…all you need to know
⚡Presentation ‘Accreditation| certification | community. Lean Thinking Evolution Venetian ship builders Carthaginian navy 18 th century RN frigate gun WW2 Boeing B17.’ I highly recommend this overview presentation showing the history and high level concepts of Lean. Great job by ICS who put this together !
Frank Woollard and William R Morris of Morris Motors Ltd understood the importance of having a happy and motivate workforce way back in the 1930s, In his book ‘Principles of Mass Flow Production’ (1954) he devotes a whole chapter to it, stressing the importance of the process being improved for the benefit of the workers …
Lessons of 60 years ago for Worker moral / happiness…still valid today Read More »
The “Toyota Way” as documented in Toyota Motor Corporation Annual Report, 2003, and by University of Michigan professor Jeffery Liker (2004) has at its core the ‘4 P’s’ of ‘Philosophy, Process, People/Partners and Problem Solving.’ These 4 P’s are also the essential components of Lean Six Sigma and a good way to remember what the …
The 4 P’s of The Toyota Way applied to Lean Six Sigma Read More »
British Lean Manufacturing was at the top of its game in 1935 with the Morris Motor Company and Frank G. Woollard having implemented Just-in-Time, Workers-as-problem-solvers, Flow-Production and Rapid-Change-Over methods**. Cycle-Times and Cost-per-unit were being halved and halved again**. Defects were being caught and fixed upstream at the root cause**. Customers around the world wanted British …
The Rise-and-Fall ( and rise again) of British Lean Manufacturing Read More »
The 5 key principles of Lean, as explained originally by the MIT group ( Jim Womack et al ) after 5 years and $5 million in research of the Toyota Production System. They are of course 1. Identify Value to your customer of your service or product 2. Understand your value-stream 3. Implement ‘pull’ or …
Defining and using the correct Key Performance Indicators, better known as KPIs, is vital to the success of any organization. It is impossible to run a Lean Six Sigma program in your company without defining and using the correct KPIs. The right KPIs are ‘the compass’ that shows you if you are heading in …
Are we heading in the right direction ? Good Performance Measurements are key ! Read More »
Lean Six Sigma Training Ltd ( UK ) now offers a 2-day introduction course to DFLSS, Design for Lean Six Sigma. This training is critical for moving the concepts of Lean Six Sigma from existing process improvement and into new product development and new process development. The course is built upon the ICOV ( Identify, Characterize, Optimize, Validate …
Design for Lean Six Sigma : 2 day introduction course Read More »
Excited to announce that we just made the 9 out of 10 ‘Excellent’ grade onTrustPilot.com based on feedback from our students.www.trustpilot.com/review/www.lean6sigmatraining.co.uk
A nice clear example of a ‘House of Quality’ (HOQ) which is the primary tool used in the methodology of ‘Quality Function Deployment’ (QFD) used for the design of new products and services. This particular QFD is showing the Customer Requirements for a Village Volvo Car Sales service. Analysis shows that Training is the most …
Quality Function Deployment and Design for Six Sigma Read More »
My sincere thanks to Mehdi Kootiarab, MBA, MCIPS of Saudi Aramco for his most generous posting on Trustpilot.com concerning the Lean Six Sigma class that I presented to him in London in December together with my colleague Chris Alcock. We do strive to provide the very highest quality of Lean Six Sigma training and it is very rewarding for …
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