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Improved Rescue Time from a Bolling Mill Machine
Published:While a Bolling mill machine creates uniform sheets of rubber with ease, it also poses a danger to an operator’s hands. Reducing rescue time and improving safety measures made for a successful Yellow Belt project in one lab.
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Tips for a Successful Virtual Gemba Walk
Published:The foremost purpose of the gemba walk is people-engagement. Here are some suggestions for conducting a gemba walk in the virtual space.
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Using SQDCM Boards the Right Way for Effective Gemba Walks
Published:With the right metrics, SQDCM (safety, quality, delivery, cost, morale) boards can โ and should โ be used on the floor to enhance strategic development and the power of your Gemba walks.
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How to Keep Your Lean Program on Track
Published:Who knows more about what it takes to improve digging ditches โ the person holding the shovel or the executive vice president of ditch digging? Learn from a self-described Gemba nerd as he takes us behind the scenes in a Lean powerhouse.
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Make Work Visible: Add a Gemba to Knowledge Work
Published:When we leave the shop floor and enter the back office, we might think that peopleโs desks are where they work. Weโd be wrong. Their workbench, their tooling, their line โฆ is in their heads. This means that most knowledge work (information technology [IT], legal, management, product design, finance) is invisible. My colleague Tonianne tells […]
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