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Your Supply Chain Deserves More Than Reports — It Needs Real-Time Intelligence Achieving Operational Excellence requires more than just efficiency; it demands a strategic approach to optimize processes, enhance customer satisfaction, and drive growth through an efficient Supply Chain. A well-designed Supply Chain Dashboard is a powerful tool that can help you achieve this by […]
Japanese KMI ➡️ KPI ➡️ KAI in Practice In many OpEx programs, performance management quickly becomes a jungle of disconnected numbers. Japanese management philosophy offers a very simple and powerful cascade that solves this: KMI ➡️ KPI ➡️ KAI 🧭 KMI (Key Management Indicator): The “WHY” KMIs are the few strategic indicators owned by top […]
Putting Strategy into Action (Top-Down & Bottom-Up) A Hoshin Matrix (also known as a Hoshin X-Matrix) is a strategic planning tool used to link a company’s long-term vision and goals to annual objectives, KPIs, and Individual Objectives all on a single sheet. Shaped like an “X,” this matrix visually maps:🔸 Long-term strategic priorities (3–5 years)🔸 […]
At Toyota, having engineers or managers stand inside a circle drawn with chalk for a long time is one of the most famous learning practices of TPS. Because this method was often applied by Taiichi Ohno, it is known as the “Ohno Circle”. 🎯 Core Purpose:🟢 To see reality (Genchi Genbutsu)🟢 To understand processes from […]
Let’s set up a suggestion system; let’s have boxes on the wall, cute suggestion forms, and rewards… Let the suggestions pour in, let the money roll in! 📦 Box on the wall📃 Suggestion forms exist💶 Even rewards exist❌ No suggestions, no results ⚠️ IN REALITYSuggestions go unanswered. After a while, the employee stops writing suggestions […]
The Name of Chaos is Always a Planning Problem…Production Planning ➡️ Material Planning ➡️ Purchasing In TPS (Toyota Production System), chaos is not a lack of planning, but the loss or confusion of process ownership. When these three departments are not clearly separated, what emerges is: A systematic failure disguised as a planning problem. In […]
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We set up a board and hold stand-up meetings every morning. But in reality: 🔴 Behavior doesn’t change. 🔴 Decision-making speed doesn’t increase. 🔴 Problems aren’t voiced, or simply cannot be. Meaning, there is a ritual, but no system. In many companies, even the ritual is missing. Why is Asakai Important in Lean Manufacturing? 1️⃣ […]
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Lean projects without value stream-based organization fail to maintain the initial excitement. In this article I explain why and how to fix it. I have witnessed many projects related to lean transformation. You know the initial excitement; kaizen workshops are established, teams are motivated, measurements are made. The place is filled with energy for a […]
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A few years ago, I visited a factory and observed workers racing against time on the production line. The strange thing was that sometimes they had to wait idly, while at other times they were working excessively hard. This inconsistency affected the entire production process. The management team was unhappy with productivity, employees were constantly […]
BEGINNING: RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR CHANGE In July 2023, SAG Gılamları embarked on a lean transformation journey to gain deeper insights into the challenges faced in production efficiency and to develop lasting solutions. This decision was driven not only by the need for operational improvements but also by the desire for a mindset shift. The […]
