Over the last few years, we at Actio Lean Consulting have been supporting several client companies in adapting their Design and Process FMEAs to the most recent framework released in 2019, the so called AIAG/VDA. The AIAG/VDA FMEA guidelines and the AIAG 4th Edition FMEA guidelines are both frameworks for conducting Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), a method used to evaluate potential failures in manufacturing processes or product designs. While both aim to identify

Autonomous maintenance is a cornerstone of the TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) methodology, enabling operators to take on inspection, cleaning and basic maintenance tasks, thereby reducing breakdowns and improving equipment reliability

Many of us have experienced situations in which we either could not solve a problem, or we implemented a solution that we thought was...

Optimising truck turnaround is a key factor in the efficiency and competitiveness of logistics operations. Introduction Reducing the time...

The standardization of management routines as a powerful driver for the efficiency of organizations.

Tal como nos seus congéneres na produção, há múltiplos exemplos de tarefas sem valor acrescentado nos processos transacionais.

We continue to support Bondalti Chemicals in its approach to Problem Solving. To this end, we have designed a tailor-made training course...

How to carry out a comprehensive diagnosis of a production system, aiming at generating an improvement plan with real impact on results.

Gemba Kanri - A importância da gestão do terreno na obtenção de um desempenho de alto nível

Flexibility, understood as the ability to supply small quantities of varied products within short delivery times.

OVERVIEW Statistical data processing, or data analysis, is the process of transforming data or numbers into useful information for...

INTRODUCTION Toyota, through the development of the Toyota Production System, has gathered valuable experience in process improvement and...

SUMMARY In this article we present how to produce without defects with a source inspection system and using PokaYoke, which allow a...

In this article we present one of the improvement methods available to organizations that have started or are about to start the Lean...

INTRODUCTION Over time, the approach to process development, as well as the expectations regarding its results, have evolved. Initially,...

INTRODUCTION How to eliminate waste and better serve your customers with Karakuri Kaizen, meaning process improvement using low-cost...

In the current reality of travel restrictions and curfew, all of us, in one way or another, have felt the disruptions caused in value...

Just finalized the virtual workshop “InBox: Lean Office Kaizen”, using Moresteam’s InBox®, with participants from all over Europe!...

One-piece flow and COVID-19