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Cell Design
Working in a flow delivers benefits in terms of speed, quality, safety, cost, andcustomer satisfaction. Creating flow requires connecting processes and linking them closely together.Often this takes the form of a cell. Learn the practical steps and principles that guide us through thestudy of our products, processes, equipment, materials, and people when designing a cell.
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Letter Puzzle Game
Exercises, games, and simulations are fun, interactive ways to learn new concepts. The Letter Puzzle Game is a twenty-minute exercise that’s suitable for groups of most sizes. Facilitators can use the Letter Puzzle Game as a fun way to teach ways to improve job training, quality, 5S workplace organization, and even break the ice at a training event or meeting.
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Bouncy Ball Game
Exercises, games, and simulations are fun, interactive ways to learn newconcepts. The Bouncy Ball Game is a simple activity that teams of five or more can do in about thirtyminutes. Facilitators can use the Bouncy Ball Game as a fun way to introduce new concepts, stimulatediscussions, and even break the ice at a training event or meeting.
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Bowtie Analysis
Every workplace comes with hazards. Bowtie Analysis is a powerful risk analysis tool used to identify, evaluate, and address specific hazards within your organization, whether that be a chemical spill on a factory floor or a medical error in a hospital. Learn how this tool, which combines features of Fault Tree Analysis and Event Analysis, can shed light on all kinds of potential issues and how you can intervene before these risks cause real damage.
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Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, abbreviated FMEA, is a structured approach for identifying the ways that a product or process can fail, what causes the failure, and how this affects the customer. Learn how to apply FMEA to improving the safety, reliability, and performance of processes, products, and services.
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Autonomous Maintenance
TPM engages everyone in the organization in activities to minimize all types of equipment losses. The benefits include increased capacity, more reliable processes, and elevated skill levels. There are 8 pillar activities in TPM that systematically improve equipment effectiveness while building a robust maintenance system. TPM can be adopted fully step-by-step, or selectively to complement a lean production system.
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How To Do Cross-Training
All organizations need effective ways to train new employees, become more flexible in responding to changing customer demands, establish succession plans, and improve teamwork. Cross-training is a proven practice used to achieve these things and more. Learn the prerequisites, tools, and techniques for using cross-training to develop a multi-skilled workforce
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Planned Maintenance
Establishing the Planned Maintenance pillar of TPM improves equipment reliability, reduces cost,and develops the capability of people. Planned Maintenance helps organizations shift from reactive or breakdown maintenance to proactive practices such as periodic maintenance and predictive maintenance. Learn the key 12 activities for establishing Planned Maintenance that are rolled out in 6 phases.
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Focused Improvement
Focused Improvement is a set of activities designed to increase the Overall Equipment Effectiveness, or OEE, of plants and their processes. Learn how Focused Improvement targets the six big losses one by one, the different methods and tools used, and how it builds the stability necessary for other pillars of TPM.
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How to do Brainstorming
Bring order to your brainstorming sessions with tools such as affinity diagrams, and PICK charts. Plus learn how to facilitate brainstorming sessions.
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Fault Tree Analysis
Get the tools you need to understand system failures and identify the best ways to reduce your risk.
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Creative Tension
Reframe your thinking by not getting burdened by obstacles, but rather viewing them as a series of challenges.
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How to Use an X‑Matrix
New to our existing Hoshin Planning course, dive deeper into the X‑Matrix.
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Measuring TPM Effectiveness
You can’t have an effective TPM program without metrics! Get the information you need for measuring your TPM program in this course.
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Introduction to TPM
All of the basics to starting your own TPM program can be found in this course.
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Coaching Kata Essentials
Our Toyota Kata course keeps getting better! Get the skills necessary to be an effective Kata coach.
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Coaching Kata Insights
Learn from real-life Toyota Kata professionals what makes an effective coach.
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Kata Applications and Case Studies
Improvement Kata examples from the healthcare, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, government, and construction industries.
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Using Kata to Address Wicked Problems in Safety
See how Kata is being used to address worker safety.
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10 Lessons Learned from Kata in Healthcare
What are the top 10 things you need to know about applying Toyota Kata to healthcare? This 12 video series explores that question.
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Non-verbal Communication in Coaching Kata
Studies of human psychology show that the majority of communication that happens between people is non-verbal. Learn the importance of non-verbal communication in practicing the coaching kata.
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