10 Unit Credit Values

• Lean Techniques: Just-in-Time; Value Stream Mapping (VSM); Visual Management; Line Balancing; Total Available Cycle Time; Kaizen; PDCA cycle; Total Productive Maintenance (TPM); OEE Calculation; 5S Workplace Organisation; Single Minute Exchange of Dies; Kanban; Poka-Yoke; Total Quality Management (TQM); Root Cause Analysis; 5 Whys
• Lean Principles: Identify value; Map the value stream; Create flow; Establish pull; Seek perfection
• Eight Deadly Wastes: Defects; Over-production; Waiting; NVA processing; Transportation; Inventory process; Motion; Employee
• External Factors: PESTLE analysis; Suppliers; Customers
• Internal Factors: Health & Safety; Inventory Management
• Implementation Process: Gaining Satisfied Customers; Financial impact of Lean; Training

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