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Kanban card system is widely used today as a Lean tools to control inventory. According to Taiichi Ohno, the guru of Toyota Production System (TPS) and also Just-in-Time (JIT) concept, kanban is a means through which JIT is achieved. Kanban actually consists of 2 Japanese words – “kan” means “visual,” and “ban” means “card” or [...]

DELL Lean Manufacturing System – DELL avoid overproduction by building PC?s, laptops, and servers on a build-to-order basis. Their factories are great examples of flow, raw material comes in one side, finished product comes out the other, with minimal WIP in between. Dell?s ?Direct Model? has often been compared to Toyota TPS system which also [...]

If you know the Origin of Lean then you the relationship between Lean and Toyota. In fact, Lean is modeled after Toyota Production System. And, if you want to learn Toyota Production System, you must at least understand how their they run their production. I am lucky to have the opportunity to visit one of [...]

Even though Lean Management has evolved from manufacturing industry but today it is widely practiced in a lot of other areas such as sale, customer service, finance, project management, and many more. Here’s some slides on Lean Management in Sales and Customer Service: Lean Management in Sales, Service and Marketing If you are a Sales [...]

Can cafes or retail services adopts Lean in their operations? Check out the below link to check out on how Starbucks adopting Lean Management in improving its bottomline. Latest Starbucks Buzzword: ‘Lean’ Japanese Techniques Starbucks reported a solid third quarter. On the company?s earnings conference call, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said: “The majority of cost [...]

Synerflex Consulting provide Lean Supply Chain consulting and training to our clients in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. We would like to welcome you to this blog to share with you our experiences to make you a success. This blog will focus on success stories, issues, latest news, funny stories and also lessons on [...]