Gemba walks: The technique allows higher management to go and see where the real work happens. It is an excellent opportunity to build stable relationships with those who do the actual work and see where value is created. In Summary Lean thinking starts with value. It enables you to understan...
or in business, “the place where value is created”. The Gemba Walk as a concept was created by Taiichi Ohno, the father of the Toyota Production System of lean manufacturing
Gemba Walks are an important mean of vertical integration in Lean Manufacturing environments. They ensure that all levels of the company stay connected with the front-line, "the Gemba", where the actual value is created. However, traditionally Gemba Walks have been restricted to one location. ...
Lean Thinking inHealth Care Safe, compassionate, zero waste, no struggle. What if you found a way to engage everyone in your organization in actual, meaningful and sustainable improvements? What if you had a strategy that would help you lead the way to the ideal patient experience: safe, com...
people are what make the system work and respect for those people is an integral part of Lean. Overall, rather than seeking to eliminate people, a Lean workplace should seek to eliminate waste. If a task is eliminated, the person who performs that task should be reallocated elsewhere rather...
When we talk about Lean what key concepts come to mind, The Last Planner System, Pull Planning, Daily Huddles each of these have their role in your Lean Tool Box. But at the heart of Lean are the 5 S’s. Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize and Sustain. It is in these concepts we...
One of the fundamental tasks for operational excellence in any organization is for leaders and managers to “go and see” how work is done—the “gemba walk,” in the classic language of lean management. For most leaders, the gemba walk consists mostly of checking whether the work is d...
We wonder if this is viable?” The Western Cape Government Health Emergency Medical Services team is two years in and just beginning their lean journey, but it is a solid start. With purpose in hand, clear direction for what must change, cycles of experimentation, a passion for problem ...
The team made up of Lean Agent, HR, value stream managers and Plant Manager focused, in the early stages of the project, on benchmarking activities, investigating what role the team played in other companies and how it was defined in the lean literature. Starting from these ideas, the skill...
The particular interest in this study is the improvement of the its productive process through Lean-Kaizen actions that manage to reduce waste, disorder and promote the standardization of the process. The Trapiche was selected due to the particular interest of his manager who allowed the team of ...