Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Definitions

Glossary terms, history, people and definitions about Lean and Six Sigma

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A3

A3 is a tool used to restrict the amount of information presented on a project or activity to one single...

When individuals modify an aspect of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed, which can change the...

SIMO is an acronym for Simultaneous-Motion Cycle. The chart is used in conjunction with Therbligs to study the detailed activity...

Therbligs are 18 kinds of elemental motions that make up a set of fundamental motions required for a worker to perform...

Masaaki Imai is a Japanese management consultant, known for his work on quality management, specifically on Kaizen. In the late...

Hajime Ohba (also spelled Hajime Oba) was General Manager of Toyota Supplier Support Center (TSSC) in the mid-1990's. Here is...