by Mary McDonald | Apr 7, 2016 | Lean
In order to implement Kaizen in the workplace, many organizations start with the Lean 5S methodology (some have expanded it to 6S, which we’ll also talk about in this post briefly). Kaizen is part of Lean Enterprise, and can easily be applied to the Lean...
by Mary McDonald | Mar 7, 2016 | Lean
What are the 7 wastes in Lean? Lean implementation focuses on eliminating the 7 wastes (now expanded to 8 wastes) as identified in any process. These are the wastes of: over-production, waiting, transportation, processing itself, stocks [inventories], motion, and...
