20 Most used Lean Tools across Industries
This is a collection of 20 Most used Lean Tools across industries. These are simple and need not have any great expertise in application. The first step in the lean journey is to acknowledge that there is an improvement possible. Once you recognize these, you can always use the appropriate tool to identify and improve the system
- Andon
- Autonomation (Jidoka)
- Kaizen
- Single Piece Flow or One Piece flow
- Poka-Yoke
- Visual Management
- Lean Wastes ( Muda)
- Six Big Losses
- Smart Goals
- Heijunka
- Just In Time (JIT)
- TAKT Time
- Bottleneck Analysis (De-Bottlenecking)
- Gemba
- Hoshin Kanri
- Total Productive Maintenance
- Cellular Manufacturing
- Total Quality Management
- Value Stream Mapping
- Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)
- KPIs
- 5S
- PDCA Cycle
- Standardized Work
Most of these 20 Most used Lean Tools are covered in one or more posts across the site. Links wherever applicable are added to the same extent. Waste as a concept has been there in the pre lean era as well. In fact Henry Ford has been clearly identified himself as to be influenced by some early gurus like Benjamin Franklin and their thoughts