From 330 Feet to 4 Feet in 3 Days (opens in new tab)

Kaizen SnapshotIndustry: ManufacturingChallenge: Excessive travel, batching, safety risk, and delayed quality feedbackApproach: Kaizen Event Facilitation using rapid experimentation and team-led designResults:Distance traveled per part reduced from 330 feet to 4 feetQC travel reduced from 175 feet to 4 feetBatch size reduced from 6 pieces to single-piece flowProcessing time cut from 40+ minutes to approximately 20 minutesPart lifts reduced from 4 to 1More than 95% reduction in travelMore than...