By the People, With the People and For the People
Heijunka, Lean Methodology with Culture Change
Client List
Abbott Labs
ACCO Brands
Adidas
Alcoa
Alcan
Alliance One International
Allied Signal
AMD
American Motorcycle Co.
American Tool
Arvin-Meritor Germany
Avery Dennison Corp.
BAE Systems
Barclays
Baxter
Beckman Coulter Inc.
Bell Helicopter
Bendix
Black and Decker
Boeing
BorgWarner
Bosch
Briggs & Stratton Corp.
Brown and Sharpe
Butler Buildings
Cameron Int.
Cardinal Health
Caterpillar
China National Telecommunications
Chrysler
Continental
Cooper Industries
Corning
CST
Delphi
Diamler Trucks
Dole Foods
Dover Corp.
Dresser Inc.
Eaton Corp.
Electromotive Div. GM
Emerson
Energizer Holdings
Federal-Mogul
Fenwal
Fey Automotive
Fisher Scientific
Fleetwood Ent.
Flexingate
FMC
Ford
General Electric
General Dynamics
General Motors
Giddings and Lewis
GKN
GlaxoSmithKline Corp.
Goodrich
G&T Conveyor
Guardian Industries
Harley Davidson
Herman Miller
Illinois Tool Works
Indian Motorcycle
Ingersoll
JDS Uniphase
Jeld-Wen
Johnson Controls
Johnson & Johnson
Kahr Bearing
Kaiser Aluminum
L-3 Communications
Laurence Livermore Labs.
Lockheed Martin
LOF
Masco
Maytag
Martin
McDonnel-Douglas Corp.
McGaw
Medtronic Inc.
Menasco
Nucor Corp.
NUMMI
Octel
PACCAR Inc.
Parker-Hannifin
Pella Corp.
Pfizer Corp.
Pioneer Electronics
PPG
QUALCOMM Inc.
Pratt & Whitney
Raytheon
Rockwell Automation
Sandia
Sargent Ind.
Schneider
Seagate Tech.
Shiley
Simonton Windows
Sikorsky
Snap On Corp.
Sorin
SPX Corp.
Square D
Stanley
Steelcase
Stryker
Sun Microsystems
Systron Donner
Taiyuan Steel China
Teledyne
Terex Corp.
Tower Automotive
TRW
Unique Functional Products
US Airforce, Robbins AFB, GA
US Army, Ft Rucker, AL
Vapor Corp.
Varian
Volex
Waterpik
Whirlpool Corp.
Xerox
Many are Shingo Award recipiants
Lean Applies to Any Kind of Business.
Most people associate "Lean" with manufacturing but "Lean" relates to any business or activity that contains waste or non-value added activities. "Lean" has been successfully implemented and become part of the business culture in Service based businesses, Sales, Building and Construction, Banking, Government Operation (Seems hard to believe!) Healthcare, Engineering disciplines, Operations, Math and Science fields, Insurance, Police and Firefighting, Airlines and Airport Operation, Research and Development, Innovation and Investigations, Oil and Gas, Coal, and Mineral exploration and Processing, and on and on and on!
Even Our Households are Candidates for "Lean" Improvements!
The culture of Continuous Improvement began with high volume manufacturing industries but as the techniques and philosophy improved, the concepts of the Toyota Production System were tried and perfected in every imaginable business. Once the different forms of waste were understood, it was obvious that these wastes were prevalent in every activity, in everyone's workspace! Since TIME is the most important element of a task, every job that reduces the time needed to complete its task is an improvement; so now we connote reduced task time with Continuous Improvement.
Waste is Waste!
Lean works equally well with low volume as well as high volume; high product mix versus low product mix. In non-manufacturing venues, the same wastes are prevalent, just in different forms. Time wasted in any venue is a waste, so the reduction in time needed to complete a task is applicable to every job everywhere!
Flow the Process
Every task has a flow; a way of attaining an end result, a deliverable. When we flow a process, that is show every possible scenario that may happen when a task is attempted, we see the flaws and redundancies within a task. When actual times are assigned to each element of a task we can measure the time needed to complete the deliverables of a process. These are the same wastes that we use to measure manufacturing efficiency and effect. Waste is waste, no matter what the form. Waste is everywhere!
What are your Wastes?
Let Kaizen Sensei help you determine what and where your wastes lie. Lets us team with your people to uncover what is needed to make your business "LEAN" by reducing non-value added activities and reduce the time needed to satisfy your customers. We will do an assessment and compare the results to your Strategic Plan to see what is needed to accomplish the goals and objectives of your company. This will allow us to devise a plan that addresses the appropriate activity with the appropriate tool and training, getting results in the quickest time possible. We know priorities!
Let us show you how to permenantly change your culture to one of
Continuous Improvement;
"By the People, For the People, With the People"
and eliminate the possibility of regression!
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