Lean Tools & Objectives

Lean Tools → Objectives

This is a simple listing of the various Lean Tools and their associated objectives….which you must know in order to use the tool effectively.

8 Wastes (Muda) See → & Eliminate Muda in all its forms

Value Stream Mapping→ Use as a roadmap for change

Kaizen → Rapid, focused, improvement

Hoshin → Align efforts w/measureable results

Lean Metrics → Establish a baseline & SET/ACHIEVE goals

5S Parlor Factory → Organize the workplace

Visual Controls → See the process, self-manage it & continuously improve it

One-Piece (1→ ) Flow Cells → Establish process flow without waste

Cell Teams → Enable extraordinary performance

GEMBA → Go-And-See Management

Kanbans & Supermarkets → Pull scheduling (across the Value Stream) and control the inventories (RMI, WIP, FG)

Lean Materials Handling → Control the schedule & the inventory (w/water spiders & milk runs)

Quick ChangeOver (SMED) → Reduce the batch sizes and mix-model produce to actual customer demand

Total Productive Maintenance → Improve reliability of equipment

Standardize Work (STW) → Improve the work & eliminate operator-to- operator variability

Layout for Flow → Improve the facility

Zero-Defect Quality → Achieve zero-defects & improve quality (mistake proof & failsafe)

Value Stream Leaders → Achieve the future state

Mighty Toyota → Learn from the world’s best

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