by Megan | May 11, 2018 | Quality
Often a forgotten pillar of the Toyota Production System, and in Lean manufacturing itself, Jidoka is actually one of the most important principles of Lean. Sometimes known as autonomation, Jidoka means automation with human intelligence. The word itself was created...
by Megan | Apr 20, 2018 | Productivity
Between 1948 and 1975 Toyota developed a system using Ford’s Assembly line ideas to fine tune a production line that cut back on a number of waste matters. These were: Waste of waiting Overproduction waste Waste of unnecessary transport Additional stock waste...
by Megan | Mar 9, 2018 | ISO
12th March 2018 sees the introduction of ISO 45001, a management standard that is a global standard for organizations to adopt to reduce the health and safety risks within the workplace and associated with the tasks workers are required to partake in. ISO 45001 has...
by Megan | Jan 26, 2018 | Quality
Corrective Action and Preventive Action is a system to collect and analyze information regarding non-conformances in process. Identifying and investigating problems before putting in to place a corrective plan for the current problems, and a preventive plan for future...
by Megan | Jan 12, 2018 | ISO
There are 5 basic steps to becoming ISO 9001 certified and each step has their own difficulties. Every organization that wishes to be certified is required to first prepare themselves by  understanding all aspects of ISO 9001. Knowledge of the differences between the...
