1. MY LEAN SIX SIGMA TOOLS ARSENAL
 Benchmarking
 Best Practices
 Brainstorming / Breakthrough – Out-of-the-box Thinking
 Cause and Effect Fishbone/Ishikawa Diagramming
 Continuous Flow 1 pc. , minimal work-in-process concept
 Continuous / Process Improvement
 Design of Experiment (DOE)
 Design For Manufacturability (DFSS)
 DMAIC Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
FMEA Failure Modes & Effects Analysis Tools
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 FBI (Finding Better Ideas) principles
 Kaizen Events
 Kanban Pull System
 Muda (Waste Elimination of Overproduction, Defects,
Time, Transport, Processing, Waste, Inventory Waste
and Excessive Motion.
 Mura Focusing on implementing and/or eliminating
fluctuations in quality, volume, etc.
Muri (Flow) Highlights unreasonable working elements
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and workplace requirements
 OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness)
 Pareto Charting
 Poka Yoking (Error / Mistake Proofing)
 Process Mapping / Flow Charting
 PSDM Problem Solving and Decision Making
 Reproducibility and Repeatability /Metrology
 Scientific Method
 SMED Single Minute Exchange of Dies (Setup Reduction)
 SPC Statistical Process Control
 Takt Time

2.  TPM Total Productive Maintenance
 Value-added, non-value added or value-enabling analysis
 VSM Value Stream Mapping System to analyze every
waste or every process relative to quality, downtime,
personnel development, cross training, capacity
bottlenecks, or for anything to affect profits, safety,
metrics, morale, etc.
 Work Cells
 5S Visual controls
 5 Ms Machine, Man, Method, Measurement & Materials
 Lean Approach For Problem Resolution
 What happened?
 Where did it occur?
 When did it occur? How often is it occurring?
 Who did it happen to?
 Why did it happen?
 What approach will solve the problem?
 Will that solution address the issue?
 What will the situation look like when the
problem is completely resolved?
 What step(s) would be required to achieve this
problem’(s) solution?
 What systems or processes in the company should be
addressed or changed to remedy future similar
issues?
 What resources will be needed ( people, money and
 facilities)?
 Who will be responsible to implement the solution(s)?
 What time frame will be required?
 Who will communicate the progress to all key
party’s involved with overall process?