Eight basic losses

To begin with, let’s define what are losses in a process. Simply put, waste is any activity that does not add value to your process. Your customer is not ready to pay for such activities or at least is not…

Replacing one type of product with another

The rapid switching of production from one type of product to another is essential for reducing overall downtime and inventory and for greater flexibility of production capacity. Production, technology, quality and maintenance participate organizationally in this process. Example The factory…