A six-part series on continuous process improvement, from how to see a process through to finding where the loss occurs and fixing it.
Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) — Part 1
The basic idea of continuous process improvement, and why it has to start with seeing the process clearly.
Thanee Aumor · 4 pages · PDF
CPI — Part 2: identifying where the loss occurs
How to identify which process is generating loss, and how to decide where to start.
Thanee Aumor · 5 pages · PDF
CPI — Part 3
Analysing the process in detail, and the tools used to find causes.
Thanee Aumor · 6 pages · PDF
CPI — Part 4
Designing the countermeasure, and making the change hold in the process.
Thanee Aumor · 5 pages · PDF
CPI — Part 5
Measuring the improvement and tying it back to the plant’s own indicators.
Thanee Aumor · 3 pages · PDF
CPI — Part 6
Turning process improvement into a continuing activity rather than a project that ends.
Thanee Aumor · 4 pages · PDF
3-MU: Muda, Muri, Mura
The 3-MU framework — waste, unevenness and overburden — as a way of seeing loss in a plant. Guest author.
Kittipong Wiwekanon · guest author · 3 pages · PDF