Lean Basic Tools

With lean management, you optimize processes by finding errors whose core causes are of an organizational nature. These lead to waste and a reduced process speed. The Lean Basic Tools help you to identify these causes and become more efficient as a result. The application of lean tools ensures that you increase added value and achieve a perfect flow in the organization.
The benefits are high-quality products, a fast market entry, flexibility, customer satisfaction, sustainability and higher sales.

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Contents

  • Lean Management
  • Shopfloor
  • Lean key indicators
  • Lean tools
  • Process Cycle Efficiency
  • Poka Yoke
  • Bottleneck & Constraint
  • Overall Equipment Effectiveness
  • Total Production Maintenance
  • Changeover time optimization
  • Spaghetti diagram
  • Workplace organization
  • Kaizen events
  • Kaikaku
  • Gemba Walks
  • Visualization techniques
  • Andon Signal
  • Jidoka
  • PDCA Cycle
  • Gemba

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Key information

Lean Basic Tools are a collection of principles and techniques aimed to eliminate waste and maximize efficiency in production and business processes. They are a central component of lean management. These tools include techniques such as Poka Yoke for preventing defects, Jidoka for automatic defect detection and the 5S method for workplace organization, in addition to methods such as Kaizen for continuous improvement and Gemba Walks for direct observation.

Beneftits

  • Reduction of waste
  • Low costs
  • Better efficiency
  • Short lead times
  • Improving the CIP culture

Risks

  • Resistance through cultural problems
  • Management support required
  • No understanding of lean principles
  • Traditional work has to be abandoned

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