To remain competitive, companies should look across their value streams and value chains and identify where internal processes are being executed inefficiently – adding operating costs that the customer would be unwilling to pay for if they had a visual on the...
The Food & Beverage sector has been evolving. People have a little more income and a little less time. As a result, we have begun to have less time to prepare meals and have leaned more and more towards ready-cooked meals or eating out. We travelled to...
Fishbone diagrams are a very helpful tool in your problem-solving arsenal. It is used to figure out cause-and-effect and to breakdown the contributing factors of an issue. They are named for their shape which, when completed looks like a fish’s bones. A fishbone...
Enhancing value for the customer is the essence of “Lean”. This means delivering what the customer needs, when it is required and at the best possible price. Lean offers a structured methodology that maximises value for the customer through the elimination...
Lean is defined as a methodology which maximises value for the customer by eliminating waste from a company’s activities. Below, we will identify the five Lean principles to provide a path for the implementation of Lean Thinking and Continuous Improvement within...
