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Lean Topics

Lean Overview
Is Lean a Fad?
Lean is...
The 7 Deadly Wastes
Visual Metrics
Day-by-the-Hour Boards
Visual Factory
Kaizen Blitz
Gemba Walk
Lean Assessments
6-Sigma
Lean vs. 6-Sigma
Lean Success Stories
Why Lean Fails

Vocabulary

Lean Vocabulary Overview
5S
6-Sigma
7 Deadly Wastes
Andon Cord
Andon Light
Autonomation
Black Belt
Buffer Stock
Changeover Time
Charter (Project Charter)
Cycle Time
Day-by-the-Hour (Pitch)
DMAIC
First Pass Yield
Gemba
Gemba Walk
Green Belt
Heijunka Box
Herbie
Hoshin Kanri
Kaizen Blitz
Kan Ban
Lean Six Sigma (LSS)
Line Balancing
Master Black Belt
Muda
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
Pitch (Day-by-the-Hour)
Poke Yoke
Policy Function Deployment
Pull System
Red Tag System
Safety Stock
SMED
Supermarket
Takt Time
Value (added & Non-added)
Visual Factory
Visual Metrics
What Does Good Look Like (WDGLL)

Reading

Essays
The Goal
Lean Thinking
Design for Manufacturability
Handbook of Manufacturing Processes
DFX: Design for Excellence

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