From Tool Boxes to Tool Stations
By eliminating huge amounts of movement, the team cut the changeover time by almost 90%.
Who says you can’t speed up innovation?
Even if you can't schedule an innovation, you can certainly reduce the waste in the process leading up to it.
Color Coded Badges
How an area owner took it upon himself to ensure people were doing the right thing.
Listen to your People, People
Although you can't schedule invention, you can reduce waste in the process leading up to it.
Shine a Light on the Problem
Truly understanding the problem to be solved helped the team come up with a breakthrough solution.
A Tasty Breakthrough
When our experienced engineer crushed cornflakes over the ceiling tile, we knew we had our answer.
Where is It?
We were arguing about a problem we were trying to solve when our Sensei walked over and told us to go to gemba to find it. I didn’t even know what it was!
Rally to the Customer
Our vendor wasn’t able to make our special ceiling tiles anymore, so we had to figure out how to produce them in our Pilot Plant.
There is One Best Way
Each technician thought their way was the best, until we actually measured their approach and results.
Simpler is Better
Removing equipment from the line made things flow more smoothly and productivity rose.
Breaking Through the Edge
Our mechanic had passion to correct the problem. When his idea worked, the technician gave him the first hug he ever received for his work.
Sometimes it's a Financial Question
The team was behind on their project, which would have cost the company millions of dollars. I flew to China to get them back on track.
A Little Dab Will Do Ya
Putting a little oil between two washers kept the critical tooling from moving and shortened the effort to set up the line.
