By 2020 the global stone mining and quarrying market had reached a value of nearly $8.059 billion. The market is expected to grow to $11.148 billion by 2025* We’ll look at Lean applications in the quarry business from Sweden and India and finish with a video of marble extraction and processing in Greece. *Source [...]
Every business has accounts receivable which govern when they will be paid for their products and services. We’ll look at how Lean and Six Sigma can improve accounts receivable through several applications. Then we’ll finish with videos on Accounts Receivable KPIs and How to Improve Accounts Receivable Collections. Lean Six Sigma Applied to Fee [...]
Satellites are indispensable for modern life. They are used for the global positioning systems, communication, weather forecasting, television signals, and internet provision. We’ll look at applications of Lean and Six Sigma methods and Design for Manufacturing and Assembly in satellite manufacturing and finish with a video on satellite build and launch. Lean Transformation for [...]
Courier and Messenger Services are essential around the world. We’ll look at a Lean Six Sigma application and the factors that impact courier service quality. We’ll finish with a video of a day in the life of a FedEx driver. Lean Six Sigma Applied to Courier Services: Italy In an article titled “Quality [...]
The lithium ion battery global market size was expected to be USD 44.49 billion in 2021 and is projected to reach USD 193.13 billion by 2028.* Six Sigma is used to improve quality in lithium ion and lithium thermal battery production. We’ll look at applications from Sweden, Denmark, and the USA and finish with a [...]
The 2020 estimated global market value of packaged potato chips was $30 billion U.S. dollars, and is predicted to reach $43.2 billion by 2026.* We’ll look at Lean and Six Sigma and quality in potato chip production and finish with two videos: one on how potato chips were invented and another on how potato chips [...]
Lean and Six Sigma are important in the RV and trailer business. We’ll look at several applications, first for RVs and hauling trailers and second for truck trailers and finish with a video of how truck trailers are made in France, Turkey, and Texas. RVs and Hauling Trailers Lean Manufacturing and the RV [...]
In a previous blog post, we discussed making a simplified value stream map.* In this post, we look at product-quantity analysis and product-revenue analysis and how they are used up front in Value Stream Mapping to select the product family that will be mapped. Then we finish with a short video on another approach to [...]
A typical cruise ship is a small floating city. The on and off-loading of passengers and their belongings along with needed materials for trips is a major undertaking. This is called the turnaround. We’ll look at that along with cruise ship cabin construction and refurbishment and finish with a video on how Royal Caribbean cruise [...]
There were an estimated 18.1 million cancer cases around the world in 2020. Of these, 9.3 million cases were in men and 8.8 million in women.* Lean and Six Sigma methodologies can aid in the care of cancer patients, the screening for cancer, and the use of chemotherapy drugs. We’ll look at applications from the [...]
