These days, for many companies in a global market the most important need is to reduce costs in connection with the profitability. The two key approaches to reduce costs are Lean and TPM (Total Productive Maintenance).
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| The two techniques create the concept of Lean Manufacturing. The Lean Manufacturing principles have beneficial effects in all area of business outside of production (Gemba and Gembutsu). The Lean Manufacturing principles were born in TPS (Toyota Production System) and they are the foundation of the Japanese management. TPS is considered by many as being the benchmark for World Class Manufacturing methodology. |
Lean reduces costs by eliminating losses from processes and increasing speed. The Six Sigma principles are complementary with the Lean principles and measure the capability of the process - Measure of Process Capability. The cycle to improve SixSigma methodology is: Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control. To ensure both speed and improve the quality of the processes is useful to make the LeanSixSigma mixture.
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| TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) reduces costs by eliminating the losses from the processes where is involved the basic equipment. If you wishe to have a Lean flow, then it is important that the equipment, the people, the materials and the methods to be the most efficient, in fact the most productive. |
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