LEAN THINKING CHANGES THE FOCUS OF MANAGEMENT New way of Thinking and Acting for an Entire Organization Boeing "Everett Plant" Case Study Boeing Everett Plant, Largest Building in the World LEAN THINKING CHANGES THE FOCUS OF MANAGEMENT Way of Thinking and Acting for an Entire Organization "Definition, Purpose, Process, People" Introduction The core idea is to maximize customer value while minimizing waste. Simply, lean means creating more value for customers with fewer resources
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JUSTO A TIEMPO Filosofía: “las materias primas y los productos llegan justo a tiempo, bien para la fabricación o para el servicio al cliente“. Sus bases son la reducción de los “desperdicios”. Esta filosofía se basa principalmente en dos expresiones que resumen sus objetivos, “el hábito de ir mejorando “y la “eliminación de prácticas desperdiciadoras“. Nacimiento del Just in Time Nació en Japón, donde fue aplicado por la empresa automovilística Toyota que lo empezó a utilizar a principios
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http://www.slideshare.net/ajaysuman/artificial-intelligence-in-business ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN BUSINESS Introduction Business applications utilize the specific technologies mentioned earlier to try and make better sense of potentially enormous variability (for example, unknown patterns/relationships in sales data, customer buying habits, and so on). However, within the corporate world, AI is widely used for complex problem-solving and decision-support techniques in real-time business
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Richard J. Meadows Bellevue University MBA 626, T303, Operations Management Field Exercise 20 May 2012 Overview Kinetic Concepts, Incorporated (KCI) headquarters is located in San Antonio, Texas. They have been in business since 1976 and have operations in the United States, Austria, Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy and Canada with a total of 2,106 employees world wide. Kinetic Concepts
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changes anywhere it can in a process in order to improve the overall process. Kaizen focuses on a few key concepts to create a lean manufacturing system. The Kaizen system includes many components such as quality circles, just-in-time delivery, 5S, kanban, and many more. These tools are utilized to implement Kaizen. The Kaizen philosophy has been applied to many different industries all around the world. THE MEANING OF KAIZEN The Business Dictionary defines Kaizen as the “Japanese term for a
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Capacity- The upper limit on the load that an operating unit can handle Design capacity- Maximum output rate of service capacity an operation, process, or facility is designed for. Effective Capacity-Design capacity minus allowances such as personal time and maintenance. Efficiency-Actual output / Effective capacity X 100% Utilization- Actual output / Design capacity X 100% Factors Facilities 1.Design 2.Location 3.Layout 4. Environment Product/Service 1.Design 2.Product or service mix
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Lean Event (Kaizen Blitz) Agenda 1. What is Lean Event 2. Purpose of Lean Event 3. Lean Event Plan 4. Benefits of Lean Event Development of Lean Event (Kaizen Blitz) Kaizen Continuous incremental improvement Blitz To make a great effort to do something that needs to be done • • The origin of Lean Event concepts are pioneered by Toyota Production System. The concepts enabled the Toyota Production System to be the best in the world. Definition of Lean Event 1. Kaizen Activity – which means
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SIX SIGMA (6σ) EN ZIJN PLAATS IN DE INDUSTRIE Bart Witdouck Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen – Departement PIH, Master in de Automatisering bart.witdouck@howest.be ABSTRACT De steeds maar sneller veranderende economische condities zoals wereldwijde competitie, verkleinerende winstmarges, de vraag van de klant naar hoge kwaliteit, productvariaties, etc. hebben een grote invloed op de industrie. Om een antwoord te bieden op al deze condities zijn verscheidene industriële engineering en kwaliteitsmanagement
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Material Flow Improvement By Léo Belime Diploma work No. 35/2010 At Department of Materials and Manufacturing Technology CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Göteborg, Sweden Diploma work in the Master in Production Engineering Program Performed at: Société des Ateliers Louis Vuitton Supervisor(s): Florence Laprade Société des Ateliers Louis Vuitton 36100 Issoudun - France Peter Almström Department of Materials and Manufacturing Technology Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg
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Executive Summary HCA holdings is a Nashville based hospital that has grown from a solitary hospital in the 1960’s to a company that is comprised of approximately 163 hospitals, 109 surgery centers, 5 psychiatric hospitals and 1 rehabilitation hospital. In this expansive corporation, it can utilize different strategies and tactics to overcome the recent recession. Recent Economic Trends Influencing the Business During the past few years, an increasing number of patients are uninsured due to
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