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JDF Lean Consulting, 7 Islewood Boulevard, Spring, TX (2026)

Name: JDF Lean Consulting
Address: 7 Islewood Boulevard, Spring, TX, 77380, US
Telephone: +17132046561

IT IS ALL ABOUT THE PROCESS
Process improvement is our specialty and we can help with a variety of project scopes:
* complete value stream transformations
* various business processes such as SIOP, quality management systems, supply chain and mfg ops WE ARE COMMITTED TO YOU
With over 30 years of business experience of improving processes in the automotive electronics, medical device, aerospace, and oil and gas industries, we know how to make your business better.

11/23/2020

This past year, Rachel Lamb and I have been hard at work creating a virtual class that encompasses all the knowledge we've gathered in our over 50 years of global experience. What this work has resulted in is our Lean Operations Masterclass.

View the video as I talk more about the class, and register at the link below for our FREE introductory webinar. The webinar will introduce the class, provide examples of what you'll learn from the masterclass, and is your opportunity to ask questions.

We could not be more excited for this launch and I hope to see you at the webinar on December 15 at 12:00 PM ET.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvceiurDwjGtCSgVcrS4GmG8IxSpS6X-mG

10/17/2020

Saturday Lean Tip:
"What is a Yamazumi Chart/Board and what is it used for?"

During my Delphi Electronics days in Milwaukee we designed and installed a new assembly area to build Toyota engine controls. During this time, I got to work closely with TSSC (Toyota Supplier Support Center) and Hajime Ohba (Toyota sensei). When we set up the standard work for the assembly cell, we broke the work content into small blocks of activity. These blocks of activity were "stacked up" graphically (see below as an example) to load the operators in the cell. Some key takeaways on our use of a Yamazumi Chart are below:

* Yamazumi is Japanese for "pile" or stack up"
* The initial state (Before) represents the 1st round of standard work
* The gaps between the stacked bars and the takt time represent waste of waiting
* What we did was to rebalance and load the work closer to the takt and ran physical simulations on a mock up cell to verify capability
* We also classified blocks as value add or non value add and worked to eliminate the NVA
* Eventually we did free up an operator that we were able to redeploy for delivery routes (similar to what you see in the After chart below)

09/30/2020

Tuesday Lean Tip:
"Integrated Logistics" or Material Movement is a crucial part of Lean

Too often material movement or logistics is an afterthought that is addressed after all other lean activities have been worked. You can see below in the TPS House that it clearly is shown under JIT. Throughout my years of Lean implementations, I have found why integrated logistics are so important to set up and MAINTAIN a lean manufacturing operation:

* they tie together the value stream from the customer order to the suppliers, through the fulfillment and delivery process
* they help maintain quantity control which in turn drives quality control (covered in a previous Lean Tip)
* frequent, timed delivery routes for components, raw materials and finished goods set the pace to maintain the takt of the line and will alert abnormal conditions occur
* by helping to signal abnormal conditions and driving a pause for problem solving, standard WIP is maintained

Coupled with the Information Flow, Integrated Logistics are the thread that ties everything together in a value stream.

Address

7 Islewood Boulevard
Spring, TX
77380

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+17132046561

Website

https://jdf-llc.com/

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