Comments on: Lean Product Development Implementation Summit

By: lean manufacturing

lean manufacturing — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:00:06 +0000

lean manufacturing

We have very much promoted this type of business practice ourselves and am glad I came across your blog again. I have added you to our digg bookmarking account. Thanks!

By: Whatever-ishere

Whatever-ishere — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:19:13 +0000

thanks for the GREAT post! Very useful…

By: Business Ideas Forum

Business Ideas Forum — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:40:24 +0000

Business Ideas Forum

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:52:01 +0000

The whiteboard, above, is arranged following the AIAG’s CQI-10 problem solving process, which flows from identification of the problem, through containment, failure mode analysis (essentially reproducing the problem) and into root cause, corrective action and verification of corrective actions. I’ve compressed the last three steps, as they usually take place in other departments (e.g. through engineering changes or manufacturing improvements). Parts (or sticky notes) enter a column in the “Queue” row, near the bottom. When work on the part begins for the current the problem solving step (column) the sticky note moves up to the “Active” rows, which are further broken down by department or location (e.g. “Engineering” or “Supplier”). Once the problem-solving step has completed, the part moves to the Queue row of the next column.

Thanks for visiting!

By: Pete Abilla

Pete Abilla — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:09:01 +0000

Great stuff, Tom.

Question:

What is the flow of the sticky notes? Do they flow from FMEA to 5-Why’s? If so, that would seem redundant, you know what I mean? I love it, though — great visual management and Obeya in practice.