Oct 9 2015
Last week, in Paris, Philip Marris invited me to attend his seminar on Critical Chain Project Management, which I found enlightening. At the end of the day, Christian Hohmann asked me to sit with him for an interview that he posted on the Marris Consulting youtube channel. Warning: it’s in French.
Sep 7 2015
This is a translation of Bodo Wiegand’s latest newsletter, about Lean in Germany:
I visited a company earlier this week and, as always, first went through the production floor.
The Lean manager led me through the facility. On the first white board he told me proudly, what information is collected and discussed every day. It was professionally designed, clean and clear. For me personally, it was a bit too much information, and not well suited for communication with employees.
Jul 29 2015
“[…]Within the context of Lean manufacturing, focused on elimination of waste and continual process improvement, the Internet of Things can lead to huge efficiency gains … some people see it as Lean on steroids. Tools and equipment will automatically collect, share and interact with other data and processes, opening up a whole new realm of achievements attainable under Lean initiatives.[…]”
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.sme.org
Michel Baudin‘s comments:
Even though the article is a marketing pitch, and the Internet of Things (IoT) so far has been focused on systems embedded in finished goods rather than production processes, it is a topic that manufacturing professionals and Lean implementers should pay attention to.
Jul 9 2015
Christoph Roser has more impressive credentials than most Lean consultants, from a PhD in Engineering to a research job at Toyota labs, stints in operations at Bosch, and a professorship at Karslruhe University of Applied Sciences. So, if anyone is qualified to write a theory of Lean, he is, and he is trying his hand at it in production planning and scheduling.
Jun 29 2015
“[…]What’s Next? The short answer is nothing. Don’t wait on anything new that is of a game-changing variety.”
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.industryweek.com
Michel Baudin‘s comments:
The emergence of Toyota and its production system (TPS) caught the manufacturing world by surprise. The first reaction was denial that it was new, followed by blind adoption of a few of its most visible features, and the development of something different, called “Lean,” which borrowed Toyota’s credibility but doesn’t have much left in common with TPS.
Unlike Larry Fast, I am sure there will be another game changer in Manufacturing. It will come from an unexpected place, as post-war Japan was, and I have no idea what it will consist of. In the past 250 years we have had revolution after revolution in the art of making things, and I think it is presumptuous to assume that there won’t be anymore.
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Oct 11 2015
Lean and Industry 4.0 – Opposites or Complements? | Wiegand’s Watch
This is a translation of Bodo Wiegand’s latest newsletter, about Lean in Germany, followed by my comments:
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