A Story: Single-Piece Flow in a Job Shop

A cool thing about manufacturing leadership is that you can lead a wide variety of operations. I was working in consumer products manufactur...

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The Beauty of Velocity

In a manufacturing plant, it’s important that your product moves through the factory at a high velocity.

What is factory velocity? Velocity...

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The Value of a Value Stream Map (VSM)

What is a value stream? A value stream is the flow of all information and materials used to create customer value. This "value" could be a f...

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