Lean Manufacturing Blog / Kitting

The underappreciated impact of part picking and kitting solutions The process of kitting—gathering the parts, products, or materials together (into a “kit”) that an operator needs to complete a task …

Poka-yoke is a Japanese term for mistake-proofing, derived from the Japanese words yokeru (avoid) and poka (mistakes). Famously popularized by the influential Toyota Production System, poka-yoke refers to any mechanism …

At a time when the emerging concept of the Manufacturing Integrated Platform (MIP) is beginning to fulfill its promise as the first truly holistic and comprehensive manufacturing solution, it’s worth …