by Alfred | Feb 25, 2015 | ISO 9001, Lean, LEAN Six Sigma, Quality Management Systems, Six Sigma
Wastes When our businesses produce defects, this clearly translates into WASTES, which obviously converts into unnecessary cost to the business. If we looked at all materials thrown out in our factories, otherwise known as scrap, then the cost is quite obvious. We...
by Alfred | Feb 17, 2015 | ISO 9001, Lean, LEAN Six Sigma, Quality Management Systems, Six Sigma
Often we don’t realise that our business or organisation ‘spends’ a fair bit of money due to the poor quality of our goods or services. I have seen many examples where the teams, especially in management, don’t recognise the fact that there are a lot of wastes in the...
by Alfie | Dec 16, 2014 | 5S, Lean, LEAN Six Sigma, Six Sigma
5S is a business methodology that describes how to organise a work space for efficiency and effectiveness. It originates from 5 Japanese words all beginning with the letter ‘S’ – seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu and shitsuke. Although there are many...
by Alfie | Dec 9, 2014 | Lean, LEAN Six Sigma, Six Sigma
Lean Six Sigma is a business technique that utilises teamwork to improve performance by reducing and removing waste within an organisation. It makes use of lean manufacturing practices to eliminate the eight kinds of waste (abbreviated as DOWNTIME – Defective...
