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In-House Engineer or Project-Based Consulting?
How does the employment of permanent engineers compare with project-based engineering consultancy? Decision guide based on total cost, workload continuity and risk.
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Project Consulting
Production optimization, facility management and process improvement
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Bottleneck Management (Theory of Constraints): Solving the Bottleneck, Not Speeding Up Every Station
What is Theory of Constraints (TOC), how to find bottleneck? Why the slowest station determines the speed of a line and the five-step improvement cycle.
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Muda (Seven Wastes): Waste Begins in Design, Not on the Shop Floor
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..
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Kaizen: Small, Measurable Steps Instead of One Big Leap
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..