TIMWOOD
So I’ve had this great idea to apply my day job to my real-life and then blog about it.
What is my day job you ask? Well I’m a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. (No not a black belt in the art of Karate….)
Lean Six Sigma is a business process improvement methodology which combines (as the name implies) tools from both Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. Lean manufacturing focuses on speed and traditional Six Sigma focuses on quality. By combining the two, the result is better quality faster.
Today’s lesson: TIMWOOD
This is a lean concept first introduced by Taiichi Ohno of Toyota. He defined 7 categories of "Muda" (waste) as:
T – Transportation
I – Inventory
M – Motion
W – Waiting
O – Overproduction
O – OverProcessing
D – Defect
The goal is to reduce these wastes when working through improving a business process.
Here is how you can integrate this into everyday life….Laundry….
The load of laundry is dry. If you’re like me it’s been in the dryer for a day or two and then you remember to empty it (waiting waste). As I unloaded my dryer full of towels I reflected on the seven wastes. How could I get the towels up in the closet most efficiently?
Normally I would take them out of the dryer and put them in a basket (when I needed to use the dryer for another load of laundry) – more waiting. Once I needed towel I would bring the basket upstairs to the spare room, take the towel I needed and leave the rest unfolded. A couple days prior to having visitors stay at my house I would fold up the towel and put in them in the closet.
Today I would be “lean”….
I took the towels out of the dryer and put them directly into a basket. I immediately took them upstairs and opened the towel closet. As I removed each towel from the basket I folded it and then placed in the closet.
Further process improvements not included at this time could include an evaluation in the number of towels in my inventory. Too much inventory results in over processing (washing too many, or washing know defects), more waiting, more motion, and additional transportation. However since I only really like to do laundry on my towels about once a month I’ll keep the high inventory.
What is my day job you ask? Well I’m a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. (No not a black belt in the art of Karate….)
Lean Six Sigma is a business process improvement methodology which combines (as the name implies) tools from both Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. Lean manufacturing focuses on speed and traditional Six Sigma focuses on quality. By combining the two, the result is better quality faster.
Today’s lesson: TIMWOOD
This is a lean concept first introduced by Taiichi Ohno of Toyota. He defined 7 categories of "Muda" (waste) as:
T – Transportation
I – Inventory
M – Motion
W – Waiting
O – Overproduction
O – OverProcessing
D – Defect
The goal is to reduce these wastes when working through improving a business process.
Here is how you can integrate this into everyday life….Laundry….
The load of laundry is dry. If you’re like me it’s been in the dryer for a day or two and then you remember to empty it (waiting waste). As I unloaded my dryer full of towels I reflected on the seven wastes. How could I get the towels up in the closet most efficiently?
Normally I would take them out of the dryer and put them in a basket (when I needed to use the dryer for another load of laundry) – more waiting. Once I needed towel I would bring the basket upstairs to the spare room, take the towel I needed and leave the rest unfolded. A couple days prior to having visitors stay at my house I would fold up the towel and put in them in the closet.
Today I would be “lean”….
I took the towels out of the dryer and put them directly into a basket. I immediately took them upstairs and opened the towel closet. As I removed each towel from the basket I folded it and then placed in the closet.
Further process improvements not included at this time could include an evaluation in the number of towels in my inventory. Too much inventory results in over processing (washing too many, or washing know defects), more waiting, more motion, and additional transportation. However since I only really like to do laundry on my towels about once a month I’ll keep the high inventory.
posted by Lisa @ 5:42 AM
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