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2. Map the value stream Value stream mapping (VSM) is the next principle in lean project management. VSM is a visual tool that involves diagramming your current workflow and your ideal workflow from project initiation to completion. When comparing the two workflows, you can identify waste acro...
The 5S methodology has gained importance throughout the years and is now one of the basic foundational elements of Lean, along with other Lean processes and practices such as: 5S Guide: Improve efficiency with effective organization When the workplace is a mess, processes slow down. 5S, a sys...
Lean manufacturing addresses one of the worst things that can happen to any enterprise: waste. To not take full advantage of all of your resources is to lose efficiencies and, in so doing, stunt pro…
Our proof was written in order to optimize the constant as much as possible; similarly for the more detailed blueprint of the proof that was prepared in order to formalize the result in Lean. I have been asked a few times whether it is possible to present a streamlined and more conceptual...
3. Create flow.Eliminate functional barriers and identify ways to improve lead time. This aids in ensuring the processes are smooth from the time an order is received through to delivery. Flow is critical to the elimination of waste. Lean manufacturing relies on preventing interruptions in the pr...
While lean in is certainly gaining currency, it doesn't yet have the widespread and sustained use necessary to be entered into the dictionary. Words We're Watching talks about words we are increasingly seeing in use but that have not yet met our criteria for entry. ShareWord...
Information on these exponents is collected both in a LaTeX “blueprint” that is available as a human-readable set of web pages, and as part of our Python codebase. In the future one could also imagine the data being collected in a Lean formalization, but at present the database only ...
A thin client (lean client) is a virtual desktop computing model that runs on the resources stored on a centralserverinstead of a computer's resources. Thinclientstypically take the form of low-cost computing devices that heavily rely on a server for computation. The term also describes softwar...
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