Juan Manuel Bertero – Regional Manager EMEA & LATAM
Supporting European and MENA manufacturers, Juan is a lean consultant based in Italy, with over a decade of experience in DENSO, a first-tier supplier to Toyota.
Paul specialises in lean management, process analysis and optimisation, and continuous improvement practices.
Paul received his training in lean management directly from Japanese industry, and shares this knowledge through lean management consulting and kaizen training programs for Shinka Management’s global client base, and lean manufacturing study tours run in Japan.
Ben Sparrow – Director
Ben is a lean management consultant with Japanese proficiency and thirteen years experience in the transfer of Japanese lean management know-how to a broad range of industry sectors.
Paul Smith – Director
Paul specialises in lean management, process analysis and optimisation, and continuous improvement practices. Paul received his training in lean management directly from Japanese industry, and shares this knowledge through lean management consulting and training for Shinka Management’s global client base, and lean manufacturing study tours run in Japan.
OTRS – モーション解析ソフトウェア – 丸五ゴム工業株式会社様
丸五ゴム工業は、時間測定・モーション解析ソフトウェアの「OTRS10」を使用し、コンマ1秒単位の改善を行い、1工程で数百万円のコスト削減を達成しました。OTRSを使って塗装工程の詳細な動作解析を行った結果、塗装ムラの原因が塗装ガンの不適切な位置設定に起因することが判明し、大きな改善効果を得ることができました。
The Myriad Benefits of Value Stream Mapping
Japanese manufacturers have been systemically synchronising the value stream processes for decades to target cost reductions, improve quality and reduce lead times to customers. The team at Shinka Management has had a long and close relationship with the best of Japanese manufacturing. Our strong relationships enables us to see and work with high calibre organisations that use forms of value stream mapping to gain a complete understanding of their operations.
What is the Role of a Team Leader within Toyota?
We all know team leaders play an important role within a manufacturing shop floor in shaping the team’s effectiveness. However, specific roles and responsibilities given to a team leader are often different from company to company. So, how does Toyota approach this? What is the role of a team leader within a Toyota final assembly plant? These very questions are answered by Toyota lean management guru Hyodo-sensei.
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Lean Health Care Interview with Virginia Mason Medical Center
The Virginia Mason Medical Center is based in Seattle, Washington. Since the Virginia Mason leadership’s first visit to Japan in 2002 to seek insights from Japanese manufacturing, the hospital has evolved into a leader in the application of lean principles to health care. Dr Kaplan and Dr Otero, the two key figures behind the Virginia Mason’s successful lean transformation, provide insights that holds lessons for any of us seeking to lead effective transformation and culture change within our own organizations.
Book Review – Zero Quality Control – Shigeo Shingo
Shigeo Shingo is an icon with the early development of SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) and Poke-yoke (mistake-proofing), and a key developer of the Toyota Production System. This book by Shingo provides a detailed explanation of Shingo’s “three critical aspects of quality control” and presents many actual examples that show a wide range of applications. A “Must Read” if you are going to have true success with Lean Manufacturing.
Book Review – 20 Keys to Workplace Improvement – Iwao Kobayashi
Attempting to improve competitiveness as you become aware of problems will end in haphazard improvements and lack of unity. Improvement must occur across the whole business and close the gaps between the current situation and the business objectives. This book introduces a method for making significant improvement across your entire manufacturing business.