Application of KAIZEN™ principles/ Lean learning’s & concepts on a company’s future projects, so that muda (waste) can be PREVENTED. This is KAIZEN™ applied as a ‘preventive measure’.
Why Early Management?
To help design waste-free, visual, easily managed factory layouts, processing centers, assembly workstations and supporting material management and handling infrastructure in order to minimize recurring costs. Properly done, the need of floor space can be reduced 50% & manpower reduced 30% to 50%, apart from eliminating a lot of other Muda/ waste
What does Early Management typically Cover?
1) Manufacturing FLOW improvements
2) LEAN/ Cellular layouts
3) Investment in ‘right-size’, multiple, easily maintained, flexible equipment (including utilities)
4) Quick changing, flexible equipment (also workstations and layouts)
5) Ergonomic workstations
6) Multi-skilled, multi-tasking manpower
7) Customized, count-free containers for parts
8) Line side – design for material inputs using FIFO racks
9) POUS (Point-of-use Stores)
10) Design of Supermarkets for storage, where necessary (and pull replenishment) of raw materials and parts
11) KAIZEN™ warehouse (FG and spares sales) for optimization of flow
12) Lean internal logistics systems (supporting JIT operations internally)
13) Lean supervision
14) Lean documentation (perhaps supported by bar-coding)
15) Visual management of ‘gembutsu’ and information/ data
16) Implementing ‘Factory within a factory’ paradigms, if required
Typical Impact of Early Management application
Reduced shop floor space/ storage space requirement (we target 50%)
Creation of FLOW & PULL in order to reduce inventory and manpower allocation
Reduced capital investments (in certain areas), all of which will offer better Productivity, reduced Through Put Time, Lower Waste etc.