Lean Manufacturing
Lean manufacturing is all about saving space and time. It is important to focus on a "pull" system of manufacturing and keep "work in progress" to a minimum. The benefits will be a quick response to your customers' change in demand and also being able to maintain a good quality product. The purpose of any business is to keep the costs of manufacture as low as possible because the sell price (and hence the profit margin) is set by the market based on demand and competition. The cost price can be minimised through elimination of waste in all its forms.
Visual Management
Communication can always be improved by visual means. Time and cost can be saved if visual management tools can be deployed to ensure that work is done quickly and effectively. The use of colour, pictures, diagrams, symbols play an important role in the value add flow of a business process.
Useful Problem Solving Tools
There are many useful techniques such as Statistical Quality Control (SQC), Root Cause Analysis (5 Why), problem solving (Pareto Analysis, Fishbone Analysis) or 8D System which can be applied to many manufacturing and support functions. We can provide in-house training to your team and also provide follow up support to ensure effectiveness.
