Mitigating “Mura,” or unevenness
The Japanese word Mura (ムラor斑) is the third member of the Muri, Muda, Mura axis of manufacturing evils. It means unevenness. In terms of volume of activity, if Muri refers to overburdening resources,...
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Bosch’s Taojie Hua (涛杰 华) asked the following question: How do you define a maximum limit for a supermarket? Especially when the customer withdraws less than planned, and the lot can not be formed as a...
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See on Scoop.it – lean manufacturing Is production pacing oppressive or can it promote joy? Dr. Jeffrey Liker examines this lean manufacturing principle through two stories from a lean journey. See on...
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“…What I came to call Repetitive and Flexible Supply (RFS) is based on the idea of manufacturing the largest products in the same sequence at the same time every week. To many people, this sounds...
View ArticleTheories of Lean and Leveling/Heijunka| Christoph Roser
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...
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