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Month: May 2014

Visual Management for Maintenance Operations

Posted on 30/05/201431/10/2018 by Christian Gut

Compared to manufacturing processes the operation of maintenance areas face particular challenges: The scope per workpiece varies a lot. Levelling of workload must be flexible, due to unpredictability in urgency and required man hours. The idea of Takt is can’t be implemented easily because physical and/or technical constraints, paired with the problems mentioned above, might…

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VSM, Swimlane and Flowchart: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Posted on 23/05/201431/10/2018 by Christian Gut

Imagine you are analysing a value stream and instruct your team to create a  VSM (Value Stream Map) for any kind of administrative or software development process. When you return a couple of hours later, all you see is a giant flow chart. “That’s not a VSM, that’s a Flow Chart”, you might say. But usually you…

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7 types of waste in Lean Manufacturing and Lean Services/Lean IT

Posted on 15/05/201431/10/2018 by Christian Gut

How does Lean Services/Lean IT differ from Lean Manufacturing? Do we actually have the same types of waste? While everyone is comfortable with the 7 types of waste in Lean Manufacturing, there seems to be a lot of confusion regarding the classification of waste in the service and IT sector.  I often hear comments that the…

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Graphic: 7 types of waste in services/IT

Posted on 13/05/201431/10/2018 by Christian Gut

A simple illustration of the 7 types of waste in Lean Services: Overproduction, Handover, Searches/Movement, Overprocessing, Waiting, Backlog, Errors.

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Graphic: 7 types of waste in manufacturing

Posted on 12/05/201431/10/2018 by Christian Gut

A simple illustration of the 7 types of waste in Lean Manufacturing: Overproduction, Transport, Movement, Overprocessing, Waiting, Inventory, Defects.    

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