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31/07/2017

http://www.improofsolutions.com/en/knowledge/articles/7-practical-tips-about-filming-in-production-for-a-smed-project #.WX7Sdq2B1Bw

Single Minute Exchange of Die, is a technique that aspires to do any production line changeover in less than 10 minutes (single minute). Filming a changeover is the first and essential part of a SMED changeover reduction project. Here are 7 practical tips that we have learnt the hard way:

24/07/2017

The mountain called Operational Excellence

We post another infographic this week, in which we stipulate 4 critical success factors of a journey towards Operational Excellence: Know where you are Define where you go Define what you need Set stamina at max We hope you are all well prepared, and enjoy the climb!

28/04/2017

Do you know all the different Lean wastes in an office environment?

The 10 types of Waste in Lean Office Another infographic about different types of losses, but this time we focus on an office environment. We see

21/04/2017

New infographic

In the following infographic we summarise the different types of losses you can find in a production environment. We see

21/02/2017

http://www.improofsolutions.com/en/knowledge/articles/what-are-the-benefits-of-lean #.WKwZEhiZNBx

A short and visual reminder of how Lean thinking can benefit YOUR company

03/02/2017

http://www.improofsolutions.com/en/knowledge/articles/the-roles-your-organisation-needs-to-manage-a-lean-program #.WJQuovl97Dc

23/01/2017

R.E.S.P.E.C.T

In the first organization, the pressure comes from the top-management and drills down to the shop floor through all management levels. Each level puts pressure on the next one to reach the objective by giving guidelines on how to do their work. Then each level waits for the results to appear, withou...

25/10/2016

Last Article about meetings

Do daily production meetings also take too long in your organisation? Do you track progress on improvement projects with Excel? Does it happen often that nothing gets decided during meetings? If so, continue reading...

17/10/2016

This week: 3 practical tips to make your meetings more productive

Last week I talked about what makes meeting rooms effective. This week I want to focus on some practical things that are often overlooked to make actual meetings more productive: a Kanban system for meeting consumables, F&B, and side responsibilities

07/10/2016

3 Practical tips to make your meeting rooms more productive

Everyone knows there are productive meetings, and … well … not so productive meetings. In this article we focus on what makes a meeting ROOM productive. Consider it a Maslov hierarchy of meeting room needs…

03/10/2016

Do you want to develop a culture of Autonomous Problem Solving?

Lets see if you recognize this story. We at company X do many projects. We have Engineering and IT departments, which help us improve our efficiency in communication, data handling and production. So why would we need Lean? What else can we do that we are not doing already?

16/09/2016

What is the link between preparing for/running a marathon and Lean thinking? read this article and find out

One of my adolescent dreams was to run a marathon. I have been running since I was twelve but never crossed the line of 21km. Until July of this year. Running a marathon was also a big a mystery for me. How in heaven could anybody maintain a running rhythm so long? I could not imagine how to get...