Achieving Greater Operational Excellence

One-piece flow

1-week event per value stream

Visual controls

Pull system

Kanban/consignment

Waste elimination

Elimination of non-value-added

Shorter cycle times

Less variation

Less floor space

Less inventory

Lean

Quick hits

3 - 5 day event

Process map

Distance traveled

Shorter cycle time

Less floor space

Less inventory

Kaizen

Customer focus

1 - 3 month process

Extensive tool kit

Data driven

Process focused

Defect reduction

Solutions to complex problems

Variation reduction

Stable process

Six Sigma

A Powerful Set of Tools to Make a Great Company Better

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