Lean principles
Lean principles: what they are and what you need to put them into practice
We have been selling lean factory equipment for years and we see it work, or fail, on our customers' shop floors. In these pages we explain each principle in a few lines, how to spot the problem on the shop floor and which products you really need to solve it.
Twelve principles, one page each
Every page follows the same structure: what it is, how to spot the problem on the shop floor, which equipment you need and the related selection guide.
5S and visual management
Sort, set in order, shine, standardise, sustain
Kanban and pull
Cards, kanban mailboxes, boards and heijunka
Milk run and mizusumashi
Tugger train, dollies, FIFO lanes and Park Station
Supermarket and FIFO at the lineside
Gravity roller tracks and Green Frame flow racks
Karakuri
Low-cost automation without motors
Ergonomics and standard work
Work Positioner, lift tables, instructions at the workstation
Autonomous logistics
AMRs and robots for repetitive shuttle runs
Heijunka and visual planning
Heijunka box, traffic light, plan and KPIs on the shop floor
Kaizen and PDCA
PDCA cycle on the board, A3 report, standards
Kitting and kit trolleys
Kit trolleys, scissor lift tables, custom Green Frame
Safety
Walkways, signs, bumpers, anti-slip
Jidoka and andon
Wireless call, visual status, poka-yoke
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Workstation ergonomics
Golden zone, reach, grasp and MTM
WCM and TPS
The pillars of World Class Manufacturing and the Toyota house
History of lean
From the Venice Arsenal to today's robots
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