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Lean Manufacturing Coaching

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Quick Scan

• Lean Manufacturing Quick Scan

Presentations

• Lean Manufacturing Powerpoint Presentation (45 slides - download) 
• Total Productive Maintenance Powerpoint Presentation (38 slides - download)

Quiz

• Lean Manufacturing Quiz (part 1)
• Lean Manufacturing Quiz (part 2)
• A link to an interesting quiz on the Toyota Production System

Interactive Glossary

• Lean Manufacturing Glossary

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2. Lean Manufacturing Concepts

Introduction

• Interactive Presentation
  • 6 Lean Manufacturing Steps
• Recommended Resource
  • Interactive Lean Timeline

Customer Value

• Interactive Presentation
  • Customer Value Overview

Value Stream

• Animation
  • Waste and Value in the Value Stream

Seven Wastes

• Interactive Presentation
  • The 7 Wastes Overview

Flow

• Article
  • Introduction to Flow
  • Implementing Continuous Flow Cells
• Animation
  • Batch and Queue versus One Piece Flow

Pull

• Presentation
  • Pull Systems Workshop (22 slides)
• White Paper
  • Pull Systems: Responding to the Pull or Order of the Customer 

Continuous Improvement

• Video
  • Continuous Improvement
• Presentation
  • Introduction to Kaizen
• Recommended Resources
  • Kaizen Quiz

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3. Lean Manufacturing Tools

Value Stream Mapping

• Presentations
  • Value Stream Mapping 1
  • Value Stream Mapping 2
• Animations
  • 1. Current State Map Material Flow: 12 Steps

A3 Reports

• Presentation
  • A3 Reports (22 slides)
• Recommended resource
  • Download A3 Report Template

5S

• 5S Audits
  • Online 5S Audit
• Interactive Presentation
  • Interactive 5S Presentation
• Web Links
  • 5S Home Page from Dr. Chao-Hsien Chu
  • Office 5S Audit: checklist with radar diagram

Visual Management

• Article
  • Introduction to Visual Management
• Presentation
  • Andon (24 slides)
• Case Study
  • Visual Management Implementation

One Piece Flow

• Articles
  • One Piece Flow - 4 parts
  • Achieving One Piece Flow
• Video
  • One Piece Flow Simulation

Standardized Work

• Presentations
  • Standardized Work Overview and Documents (34 slides)
  • Takt Time (28 slides)
• Online Documents
  • Process Capacity Table
  • Standard Work Combination Sheet
• Online Calculator
  • Online Takt Time Calculator

Quick Changeover (SMED)

• Presentations
  • Quick Changeover (SMED) - 33 slides
  • Setup Reduction

Kanban

• White Paper
  • Kanban Scheduling Systems
• Quiz
  • The Kanban Quiz

TPM

• White Paper
  • TPM at the heart of Lean

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

• Presentation
  • OEE and the 6 Big Losses (28 slides)
• Animation
• Video Presentation
  • Overall Equipment Effectiveness Tutorial

Cellular Manufacturing

• Presentation
  • Cellular Manufacturing and Plant Layout (77 slides)
• Selected Web Resources
  • PDF File: Cell Design - 76 slides with photos and charts

Production Leveling (Heijunka)

• Recommended Resources
  • Presentation: Production Leveling
  • Article: Heijunka: Leveling the Load

Poke Yoke

• Article
  • Introduction to Poka Yoke (Error or Mistake Proofing)
• Presentation
  • Poka Yoke - Mistake Proofing (75 slides)
  • Error Proofing (38 slides)
• Recommended link
  • 70 Poka Yoke Examples

Kaizen

• Article
  • Kaizen and Kaizen Blitz
• Presentation
  • An Introduction to Kaizen (25 slides)
• Recommended Resources
  • The Power of Kaizen Blitz

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4. Lean Office

Recommended Resources

• Principles of Lean Office and Administration : Presentation (141 slides)
• Office 5S Audit: checklist with radar diagram

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5. Lean Supply Chain

Book

• Lean Supply Chain Management: 266 pages - downloadable PDF. I agreed with the author of the book that all members (also outside the US) can get a free copy.

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