Going to the gemba: far from a stroll on the plant floor, a gemba represents a purposeful attempt to learn what is really going on.(LESSONS FROM THE ROAD)Flinchbaugh, Jamie
He who wears one of its mates will experience the same feeling; it is caused by an electrical action that takes place the moment two of these gems cut from the same mother stone come within the radius of each other's power. View in context There were silver and gold, as she had said...
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Gemba is Japanese for ‘site’ or ‘scene’, which is the place where the action is happening. In business Gemba refers to the real place where value is created, such as the factory floor. Now you know what Gemba means, the common phrase ‘Going to Gemba’ might be easier to understa...
During most gemba walks, the goal is to observe the value-creation process. This could involve walking the entire process at one time, but more often it consists of focusing on a particular part of the process. This could mean visiting just one department, or it could mean visiting several...
“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. Ohno wanted to encourage management executives to leave their offices and see where the real work happened. This, he hoped, would ...
Weeks before the Gemba walk is scheduled, the continuous improvement team contacts several different departments at the company - supply chain, finance, maintenance, and more - to elect a representative to participate in the Gemba walk and schedule the half-day task. ...
Gemba walks are an easy way for managers to learn the root causes of any problems within their process. They're a useful tool out of the continuous improvement package. Learn how to do Gemba walks right, and what practices are best avoided for the well-b
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