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Kaizen, muda, gemba, lean manufacturing and continuous improvement
What is the principle of genchi genbutsu (go and see)? We explain why the designer's visit to the field completes the calculation with the example of a thermal expansion experiment..
What are the 7 wastes (muda) of lean manufacturing? We explain with examples that the origin of losses such as transportation, stock, waiting, overprocessing is often a design decision..
What is Kaizen (continuous improvement)? We explain the compound effect of small improvements and the PDCA cycle from an engineering perspective, with a numerical example..
Instead of controlling assembly errors with Poka-Yoke (error-preventing design), making them impossible with geometry. Field applications of the lean manufacturing based method.
