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How Eurostar’s Temple Mills Depot is building a culture of Continuous Improvement
At Eurostar’s Temple Mills depot, Continuous Improvement has shifted from a side initiative to a driver of operational success. With rising maintenance demands and pressure on planning, the team introduced…
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What is a Black Belt?
Within any organisation which has embraced Continuous Improvement’, ‘Lean’ or ‘Lean Six Sigma’, you will encounter terminology such as ‘Yellow Belt’, ‘Green Belt’ and ‘Black Belt’. Every ‘Belt’ comes with specific…
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What will I learn with Lean Six Sigma?
Lean Six Sigma is a methodology aimed at improving quality and efficiency in processes. It does so by using various tools and practices to eradicate waste and inefficiencies. When taking…
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Voice of the Customer (VOC)
The Voice of the Customer (VOC) is a fundamental principle in Lean Six Sigma, a methodology aimed at improving processes to align them with customer specifications. This concept plays a…
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Lean manufacturing 4.0
Smart Lean and Smart Six Sigma, including their many different names, are on the rise. Smart Industry is making Lean increasingly more flexible. The innovations vary from automated vehicles to…
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Continuous Improvement
What is Continuous Improvement and why is it important? Continuous improvement is a strategic and cultural approach focused on enhancing business processes through incremental or breakthrough improvements. At its core,…
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Coaching Kata
Toyota has been engaged in continuous improvement for decades. They see continuous adjustment and improvement of stable processes as the most important competitive advantage. Continuous improvement is a skill that…
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Theory of Constraints (Bottleneck)
Theory of Constraints (TOC) is a management philosophy developed by Eliyahu Goldratt. This methodology focuses on identifying and optimising bottlenecks within a process to improve overall flow and performance. The…
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Operational Excellence
Operational excellence is one of the value strategies according to Treacy and Wiersema. They argue that an organization should master all 3 disciplines but at least be distinctive in 1…
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PDCA
PDCA, also known as the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle, is a proven and powerful improvement method widely used within many organizations. With the PDCA Cycle, plans are drawn up, actions are carried…
