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Casual Articles - Lean Manufacturing is Alive and Well in the Small Batch Environment
Change. The very word can sometimes produce fear in many people. Why? Because lurking behind the word change is oftentimes the word unknown, and for most people it’s the fear of the unknown which makes them afraid of change.Wh
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The first point to make is that the terms "CV" and "Resume" (with or more often without the French acute accents over the e's) are virtually interchangeable in the UK; they mean the same thing, but if anything the norm is CV. In the USA and elsewhere
Knowing where to start was a challenge. We chose to implement 5S first into a pilot area of the factory. We chose the 'engine room' of our business, our automated machine areas which generate work for the rest of the factory. We looked for lots of little 'wins' or Kaizen events to start with and after training the whole team in what 5S was all about and how they could influence their own working environment we started to see some subtle improvements in layout, work flow, standardisation and visual management within the pilot area.
We used signage, colour and location to ensure items/tooling were always in the right place and available for use, we introduced daily/shift handover checklists for machine operators (the operators actually developed the content) to ensure our plant was always clean and tidy and we set up change-over tool kits per machine to help simplify and speed up product change-overs.
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Quite often small business owners will ask me to reveal the most powerful marketing strategy I have seen. I can say without hesitation that the most powerful marketing strategy has little to do with advertising, direct mail, web sites, referrals or b
Knowing where to start was a challenge. We chose to implement 5S first into a pilot area of the factory. We chose the 'engine room' of our business, our automated machine areas which generate work for the rest of the factory. We looked for lots of little 'wins' or Kaizen events to start with and after training the whole team in what 5S was all about and how they could influence their own working environment we started to see some subtle improvements in layout, work flow, standardisation and visual management within the pilot area.
We used signage, colour and location to ensure items/tooling were always in the right place and available for use, we introduced daily/shift handover checklists for machine operators (the operators actually developed the content) to ensure our plant was always clean and tidy and we set up change-over tool kits per machine to help simplify and speed up product change-overs.
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5 tips to win over an executive head hunter or management recruiterMany job seekers find themselves overwhelmed with dread at the prospect of hunting down a new career position on their own. That's why many people hope to hang their hats on
We used signage, colour and location to ensure items/tooling were always in the right place and available for use, we introduced daily/shift handover checklists for machine operators (the operators actually developed the content) to ensure our plant was always clean and tidy and we set up change-over tool kits per machine to help simplify and speed up product change-overs.
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When you go into an interview, you need to leave your nerves at the door. The best way to prepare is to develop beforehand, your own story (or stories). This is especially great for the "behavioral" or "competency"-based interview being used more to
We used signage, colour and location to ensure items/tooling were always in the right place and available for use, we introduced daily/shift handover checklists for machine operators (the operators actually developed the content) to ensure our plant was always clean and tidy and we set up change-over tool kits per machine to help simplify and speed up product change-overs.
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Nearly every organization I have ever worked for or with has a serious problem with training. They concentrate on training rather than learning.The first indication of a problem is that the mediums chosen to impart learning are the poorest at
Perhaps the most striking change was the 'psychological' effect it made to the area. We found that we had created the environment where ideas were forthcoming from all staff and that the confidence levels of individuals improved to such an extent that they were starting to lead projects, sometimes with the involvement from other departments to resolve long standing problems.
We intend to introduce other lean tools such as Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) and Poka Yoke in the next 12 months whilst rolling out the 5S programme to the other factory areas.
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