Lean Manufacturing Principles, Tools, and Concepts

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated July 13, 2010

Arlington National Cemetary Grave Mix Up

At least 211 United States veterans are in unmarked or unrecorded graves in Arlington National Cemetery Army officials report that remains were found

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated July 13, 2010

In this 4:25 minute video, we discuss the Affinity Diagram in Six Sigma. Specifically, after this video, you'll understand what the affinity diagram

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated July 12, 2010

Wasteful packaging and overuse of corrugate is a huge source of environmental waste as well as a huge cost hog to an organization. The root cause of

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated July 11, 2010

In the May edition of Inbound Logistics, there's a good article on Warehouse Safety, written by Stanley Stone, Vice President of Safety at Penske

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated July 10, 2010

In Lean Management, the phrase "learn to see" was not coined by accident. John Shook and company chose a great term to describe the transformation

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated July 9, 2010

Urinating in Elevators - apparently, this happens and there are people that do this type of stuff. Visual Management works - making things obvious,

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated July 8, 2010

Lean Six Sigma Safety Management: An Example from Toyota is an article showing how Toyota applies Genchi Genbutsu towards safety efforts. Kristen

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated July 7, 2010

Both the Toyota Production System (Lean) and Six Sigma approaches owe their origins to a common body of work. Statistical Process Control (SPC),

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated July 6, 2010

People often ask "which is better, Lean or Six Sigma"? In many cases, lean or six sigma can help, but it's not enough. My response to such