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Lean Manufacturing – How It Drives Continuous Improvement in Business
Need we point out how competitive the business landscape is these days? Because of this, organizations are constantly looking for ways to increase their productivity. This usually happens...

Published: 2025-03-10

Kanban - How To Use It for Lean Manufacturing Success  
  Kanban: a visual tool for Lean implementationLean manufacturing focuses on eliminating waste, maximizing efficiency, and continuously improving processes. One of the most...

Published: 2025-03-06

5S Methodology - A Key Piece of Lean Manufacturing Organization
5S methodology is a part of Lean manufacturing that helps workplaces stay organized, efficient, and safe. Like so many parts of Lean methods, it was developed in Japan as part of the Toyota...

Published: 2025-03-04

How to Organize a Workshop for Value Stream Mapping or Continuous Improvement
Organizing a Kaizen workshop or a Value Stream Mapping (VSM) event is not just about using the right tools and methodologies—it is a structured process that involves people, workflows,...

Published: 2025-03-04

Lean Manufacturing: Turning Scepticism into Active Participation
The application of focused workshops for Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and the definition of Future State actions, along with their implementation, must be supported and sponsored by company...

Published: 2025-02-26

How to Prioritize Lean Projects and Capture the Savings: eVSM Mix
How do you decide which continuous improvement projects to focus on?Companies running continuous improvement projects often find they are juggling too many priorities. One reason for this...

Published: 2025-02-12

Lean Manufacturing vs. Traditional Manufacturing  - What’s the Difference?
Lean Manufacturing vs. Traditional ManufacturingOver time, manufacturing has evolved significantly as companies adopt new techniques to increase productivity and reduce waste. Two of the...

Published: 2025-02-10

Doubling Production Capacity Without Doubling Space: A Practical Case of Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
As a production engineer for a multinational automotive group, I faced an intriguing challenge: doubling the production capacity of engine assembly lines for the automotive sector without...

Published: 2025-02-10

Governance and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)
This article is Part 3 of a 3-part series exploring the journey toward operational excellence through Value Stream Management (VSM). Check out Part 1, “Assessment and Prioritization of...

Published: 2025-02-05

DOWNTIME - Eight Types of Waste in Lean Manufacturing
DOWNTIME reduction is critical to Lean Manufacturing success. By eliminating waste, businesses can streamline production, enhance Business Efficiency, and drive Continuous...

Published: 2025-02-03

Lean Manufacturing - 5 Key Principles
Lean Manufacturing operates on five key principles that maximize value while eliminating waste. This is part of a series written by MaryAnn, a student fairly new to Lean ideas. If you...

Published: 2025-02-03

Introduction to Lean Manufacturing: Learning The Process
What is Lean Manufacturing?Lean manufacturing is an organized strategy for enhancing efficiency, decreasing waste, and increasing customer value. Businesses in every sector that prioritize...

Published: 2025-02-03

Lean Manufacturing and Shop Floor Management: Pulling Silos Together
This article is Part 2 of a 3-part series exploring the journey toward operational excellence through Value Stream Management (VSM). Check out Part 1, “Assessment and Prioritization of...

Published: 2025-02-03

Prioritizing Projects and Capturing Savings with eVSM Mix
This blog covers the collection of improvement projects from diverse sources into a single project hopper where they can be prioritized. It also shows how priority projects can then be...

Published: 2025-01-27

Assessment and Prioritization of Improvement Activities
This article is Part 1 of a 3-part series exploring the journey toward operational excellence through Value Stream Management (VSM). Stay tuned for Part 2, which will look at shop floor...

Published: 2025-01-20

Introduction to value stream mapping across industries
Value Stream Mapping. It's one of those Lean tools that can make a world of difference when put to use in your business. We've been helping Fortune 500 companies for years with their VSMs,...

Published: 2025-01-02

Digital vs Traditional Value Stream Mapping: What to Expect
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Value Stream Mapping: How to synchronize material feeding
In a project with a goal to implement the Future Value Stream Map, the primary objective was to reduce lead time from order to final product delivery. This goal was pursued by decreasing...

Published: 2024-12-13

How to Move from a Current State to a Future State
Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is only a tool unless the designed future state is achieved, and the planned changes are implemented within a short time frame. Without this execution, VSM are...

Published: 2024-12-13

How to Plan a Future State (future VSM)
Massimo ZucchelliThe foundation for defining the future flow is the Current State Value Stream Map (VSM). This must be reliable and based on data gathered through direct observation in...

Published: 2024-12-13

Value Stream Mapping Sessions: Overcoming Employee Anxiety
Value stream mapping (VSM) sessions can feel intimidating, both for employees and lower-level managers. A classic reason is that they're worried that inefficiencies will be perceived as...

Published: 2024-12-04

Takt Time: How to Select a Pacemaker and Set the Production Plan
To establish an effective pacemaker, it's crucial to understand the concept of takt time. This represents the pace at which a product or component must be produced to meet customer demand....

Published: 2024-11-25

Value Stream Management for Organizational Alignment
Aligning every function of a plant towards delivering customer value is essential, for achieving operational excellence. This post explores how one manufacturing plant reorganized its...

Published: 2024-11-19

Balancing an Assembly Line as part of Strategic Goals
Welcome to our 'Lean in Action' series, where we bring you real stories from the field about the transformative power of value stream mapping (VSM). While we’ve taken care to keep...

Published: 2024-11-19

Using  VSM and Lean Tools to Increase Production Capacity
VSM tools and Lean tools can be used effectively to increase production capacity, even in complex manufacturing processes. Identify root causes and launch improvement projects with digital VSM tools
Value Stream Mapping and A3 Methodology Drive Efficiency in Assembly Lines
Welcome to our 'Lean in Action' series, where we bring you real stories from the field about the transformative power of value stream mapping (VSM). While we’ve taken care to keep...

Published: 2024-11-05