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Resources

Lean Manufacturing

• A step by step guide to lean manufacturing - THERE is clearly confusion between Lean, Agile, 6 Sigma, TQM, etc. But what falls under the Lean umbrella and how do you get there? And how do we avoid initiative overload...
• Kaizen is quick route to lean success - General Electric's motto used to be, "Progress is our most important product." And progress means change for the better. In the past we envisioned change and progress to be the responsibility of a few engineers, a few inventors or a few geniuses, but we hardly ever expected the average worker to come up with those ideas that would bring meaningful change to the company. It is all different today...
• Change management - One of the greatest challenges management faces in implementing lean manufacturing is ensuring that real behavioural change takes place at all levels of the organization. Even the most well-intentioned, fair and respected management team, without the enthusiastic embracing of the changes contemplated, will watch their plant revert back to old and familiar ways. Without a solid change management program weaved into the lean manufacturing initiative, as well as strong leadership, the project is doomed from the start. The term lean manufacturing itself can be problematic in that some workers see lean = job loss...
• Communication key to lean - If you want your employees to buy-in to your lean initiative you'd better tell them about it...
• You are what you measure - If you want to track your lean progress, then performance measures are essential...
• Build a lean plant layout to increase your efficiency - Follow these basic lean manufacturing plant layout tips and reap the rewards...
• Apply "lean" to IT systems - Can lean manufacturing and your information technology systems co-exist? Absolutely...
• How lean is your supply chain? - If you don't put pressure on your supply chain to go lean, don't be surprised if they hold you back...

• The Case of the Missing Totes: How to Solve a Million Dollar Problem - A case study showing RFID is ready for manufacturing and fast. Four keys to success are revealed...
• Tag ,You're Late - Why Wal-Mart's suppliers won't make the Jan. 1 deadline for RFID tagging...
• Keep It Moving - Keeping products in motion is key to protecting your global supply chain. Far from dragging down the process, security initiatives help companies pick up the pace...
• The Ideal Supply Chain Is Within Reach - The U.S. economy is experiencing a productivity boom last seen in the post-World War II era. The last boom was fueled by the widespread deployment of mass production systems, the automobile, and their pervasive impact on the way we live...
• Be Prepared: Successful Sourcing Requires Pre-Contract Planning - Successful sourcing relationships are based on careful and detailed preparation before the contract is signed. Both parties need a clear understanding of the type of relationship desired. Sourcing contracts can consist of anything from a brief document with a price list attached, to hundreds of pages of legal documentation, terms, schedules, and flow charts...