Comments on: Lean for Office Processes https://6sigma.com/lean-office/ Six Sigma Certification and Training Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:27:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Heydar Mojahed https://6sigma.com/lean-office/#comment-25468 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 07:06:39 +0000 https://opexlearning.com/resources/?p=8044#comment-25468 I realized that an office is same as a factory that produces information.So, all lean principles and tools can be applied in. For example, during training and consulting in a science and technology park, I saw several paper folders on the table of a manager. I asked the reason. He answered that he is working on all these issues. I told him that his table is not an archieve. Let’s take back these folders to the shelf and then bring them one by one to process them. You will see the benefit and saving time!
There are many Muda (wastes) in the office same as 7 Muda that Mr. Ohno introduced them in Toyota production line. We can find these all Muda in an office in different shapes. For example, preparing several copies of report that are not useful is overproduction in the office, or making mistakes when entering data, is a defect and so on.

]]> By: Philip Neukom https://6sigma.com/lean-office/#comment-25467 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:37:07 +0000 https://opexlearning.com/resources/?p=8044#comment-25467 Way back 20+ years ago when I was a consultant with PW, I learned the Kawasaki variant of TPS. Essentially TPS for large single unit products. Some years later was lucky enough to work with Daihatsu (Toyota sub) to learn mass production TPS.

While at PW we applied it to office work. It was only logical. In those days the methodology was called “Oval Office” to sound special for the white collar folks who believed CI was only for the plant floor.

Asking if TPS is used in the office is somewhat funny. TPS is fundamental and cultural. It would be extremely unusual if it wasn’t practiced in the office.

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