Kaizen Archives - Art of Lean

Video: Patterns of Kaizen and A3 Thinking

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Art Smalley

Here is an attempt to add some sound and basic video editing to a presentation that I have given over the years. I am not including any video footage of myself in the presentation. For simplicity I am just adding audio and some effects to the presentation files and uploading it onto a video hosting site. This presentation runs about 41 minutes in length. FYI: there are a few ro...

Patterns of Kaizen and A3 Thinking

Posted on June 1, 2011June 9, 2011 by Art Smalley

Here is a presentation that I gave some time ago and uploaded onto the Slideshare.com website as an experiment. I'll try adding audio to the file at a later date. Patterns Of Kaizen & A3 Thinking View more presentations from Art Smalley

Always Room for Improvement

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Art Smalley

Art Smalley: Always Room for Improvement By Art Smalley, author of Creating Level Pull and co-author of A3 Thinking - Last updated: Monday, February 21, 2011 - Save & Share - Leave a comment The Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued their release of the study performed in conjunction with NASA engine...

Financial Benefits

Posted on June 1, 2011June 1, 2011 by Art Smalley

Art Smalley: Financial Benefits By Art Smalley, author of Creating Level Pull and co-author of A3 Thinking - Last updated: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - Save & Share - Leave a comment Historically Toyota Motor Corporation has been a very profitable company over the past 60 years in what is generally a very cyclical business. Before its recent problems Toyo...

What Type of Kaizen

Posted on January 5, 2011January 21, 2011 by Art Smalley

Kevin Meyer: Any upsides/downsides to relying on JM/TWI process deconstruction as kaizen? Yes it works… but I can already see the limitation with non-documented processes By Kevin Meyer, President of Specialty Silicone Fabricators and Factory Strategie Group, co-author of 'Evolving Excellence: Thoughts on Lean Enterprise Leadership' - Last updated: Sunday, Jul...

Ohno Line Coversion / Toyota Kaizen Example

Posted on February 15, 2010June 3, 2011 by Art Smalley

Here is an interesting example of Kaizen back in the machine shops of Toyota in the 1950’s. TPS originated in the machine shops of Toyota under the direction of manager Taiichi Ohno. “Ohno” style production lines were created in the engine plant in line with his concepts and thoughts on improvement. Unfortunately not many pictures exist from the time period. Here is on...