8 kinds of wastes:
1. Defects
2. Excessive Inventory
3. Unnecessary Motion
4. Over Processing
5. Waiting
6. Transportation
7. Overproduction
8. Unused Talent
We offer 8 main lean methods to help you improve.
1. 5 Principles of Lean. 1) Defining Value, 2) Mapping the Value Stream, 3) Creating Flow, 4) Using a Pull System, and 5) Pursuing Perfection
2. 7 QC tools: For monitoring quality of production processes
3. 5S management: Improve the working environment and cultivate good working habits of employees
4 Poka-Yoke: Mistake-Proofing
5. Built-in Quality: Ensuring every part of the process meets quality standards
6. Preventive Maintenance: A perfect system to improve efficiency of human-machine cooperation
7. One-piece Flow: Arrange the process reasonably and simplify the flow into single line.
8. Kanban: Control just-in-time production and use an information board that records the production process.