5 S's
Helping your business achieve manufacturing
excellence through:
The use of a 5 s programme. Of Japanese origin,
the term 5s's is derived from their five practices leading to a clean
and manageable work area to create a workplace suited for visual control
and lean production.Measures
Helping your business achieve manufacturing
excellence through:
The creation of measured information. The first
steps to improvement is the understanding and measurement of how things
are today. When we see where we are we can understand where we need to
be.
JIT - Kanban
Helping your business achieve manufacturing
excellence through:
Just-in-time and Kanban systems throughout
manufacturing. A philosophy that drives to eliminate waste and provides
the right product or service, in the right amount at exactly the right
time based on the customers requirements.
Elimination of non value add
Helping your business achieve manufacturing
excellence through:
A process of identification of waste and eliminating
activities that do not add value. Value adding means performing work that
the customer is willing to pay for.
Far East sourcing
Helping your business achieve manufacturing
excellence through:
The identification and establishment of overseas
supply chains to provide cost effective and high quality components and
materials to your business.
Open factory / Cellular manufacturing
Helping your business achieve manufacturing
excellence through:
The creation of production cells to allow material
to flow through the factory based on customer demands.
Problem Solving
Helping your business achieve manufacturing
excellence through:
Training of employees to use their knowledge
of the processes they are involved in, to identify; correct and eliminate
faulty work practices in an empowered team environment.
Supplier development
Helping your business achieve manufacturing
excellence through:
Stronger and closer relationships with the
right suppliers. Identification of suppliers who can contribute more
through a value added partnership. |