Jul 27 2012
Was Six Sigma A Fad? Search Trends Indicate Waning Interest | The …
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Mike Wilson:
“[…] lean has enjoyed a roller coaster search history, but taken on average, it has been relatively consistent since search results have been recorded since 2004 worldwide. Six Sigma, on the other hand, has been dealing with a sliding board of interest. It seems it might be on its way out. Perhaps it was more of a fad than some holistic “cure-all” for industry. I thought it was interesting to compare the main searcher for “lean” in industry, India, to my country, the United States, to see how we both seem to rank the terms.[…]”
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Aug 1 2012
Hansgrohe uses Kanbans with RFID chips
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The system has been used since 2008, and Hansgrohe provided the following pictures:
The cards are read when placed in the mailbox on the left.
It should be noted that this system does not eliminate the recirculating cards, but simply replace bar codes with RFID chips as a means of integrating the Kanban system with the company’s ERP system, for the advantages of richer and faster data collection. It does not eliminate the manual handling of cards, at least internally to the plant.
The next step would be to eliminate the cards, attach the RFID tags to part bins, install readers on racks, and implement the replenishment logic electronically. But the readers would have to be substantially smaller than those shown in the pictures.
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By Michel Baudin • Blog clippings • 2 • Tags: Kanban, Lean, RFID