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Multimachine Handling  | Multiprocess Handling

Multimachine HandlingThe work practice of assigning operators to operate more than one machine in a process village layo...
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mizusumashi | water spider

mizusumashiA water spider or ‘mizusumashi‘ in Japanese (see our listing of Japanese Lean terms), is a person who has a p...
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local efficiency vs total productivity

Apparent EfficiencyApparent Efficiency means increasing productionoutput with no change in the number ofoperaiors or equ...
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Kaizen

Kaizen is the practice of continuous improvement. Kaizen was originally introduced to the West by Masaaki Imai in his bo...
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just-in-time

just-in-timeJust in time means a system of production that makes and delivers what is need, just when it is needed ,and ...
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job instruction Sheet

job instruction SheetThe job instruction sheet is used to train new operations. It lists the steps of the job, detailing...
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jidoka

jidokaWhat is Jidoka?Jidoka means providing machines and operators  the ability to detect when an abnomal situation has ...
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internal setup work

internal setup workinternal setup work can done be only when a machine is stopped.The Basic steps in Setup Reduction.1.M...
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kanban

kanbanWhat is Kanban?A kanban is a signaling device that gives authorization and instruction for the production or withd...
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heijunka

heijunkaWhat is Heijunka?Heijunka means leveling the type and quantity of production over a fixed period of time.For exa...