Lean Advisors News & Events » standard work http://www.leanadvisors.com/blog Improving Organizations with Lean Thinking & Consulting Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:39:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Management Capacity Program Kicked off at Regina Qu’Appelle http://www.leanadvisors.com/blog/management-capacity-program-kicked-off-at-regina-qu%e2%80%99appelle http://www.leanadvisors.com/blog/management-capacity-program-kicked-off-at-regina-qu%e2%80%99appelle#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 02:49:53 +0000 admin http://www.leanadvisors.com/blog/?p=282 Continue reading →]]>  

Thomas Edison once said, “Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can’t afford to lose.”

Time is always a challenge. Especially, for managers faced with the task of transforming their organization. It requires a lot of work and time to establish an effective lean transformation, but the benefits are well worth it, resulting in significant returns on investment.

Our new program designed to free up management time by understanding executive priorities and analyzing management activities, creating Standard Leadership Roles, kicked off last week at Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region and the reviews are raving!

“Thanks so much for the fabulous two days! I walked away Friday feeling on top of the world and so too did our team of 12 from Sunrise. “

“With amazing stuff like this on the horizon…I wouldn’t miss this for anything”                 -Christina Denysek, Sunrise Health Region

This program will result in more time for management and leadership to work on continuous improvement, strategic direction, Hoshin priorities, training, enabling and even controlled firefighting. This makes a significant difference in management productivity and they will also experience less stress!

To learn more the Lean Advisors’ Management Capacity program, click here.

Lean Advisors employs senior consultants who are veterans in the industries they serve. To learn more about how we can help you make your organization everything that it can be, Contact Us or Call 1-877-778-6413.

]]> http://www.leanadvisors.com/blog/management-capacity-program-kicked-off-at-regina-qu%e2%80%99appelle/feed 0 North Carolina Textile Mill Goes Lean http://www.leanadvisors.com/blog/north-carolina-textile-mill-goes-lean http://www.leanadvisors.com/blog/north-carolina-textile-mill-goes-lean#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 04:28:19 +0000 admin http://www.leanadvisors.com/blog/?p=215 Continue reading →]]> Like many others in the US manufacturing sector, the domestic textile industry has certainly faced their share of challenges. Amid manufacturing job losses and budget cuts, one bright experience sheds some light on improving competitiveness. Here, this textile success story is attributed to lean manufacturing.
Focus:
  • Improve spinning yarn quality
Baseline Data:
  • Current process is creating “clubs” in the yarn
  • Lack of training and standard work procedures
Goal:
  • Reduce textiles knit stop levels and fabric defect levels by 15%
Approach:
  • 5 Day R.I. Event/ Basics of Lean/ Cause & Corrective Actin/ Fishbone
Solutions for delivering results:
  • Created four fishbone diagrams on the top issues creation defects
  • Developed standard work procedures for all operators/ technicians
  • Established technician education sessions
Impact:
  • Developed standard work procedures for Operators/technicians resulting in an annual savings of $113,288.00 knit stop level and $31,283 annual savings for the defect level.
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