Key lean lab concepts 3 – Levelling, Flow, Defined Sequences & Roles (Standard Work)

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Key lean lab concepts 3 – Levelling, Flow, Defined Sequences & Roles (Standard Work)

Here Tom examines the key lean lab concepts of levelling, flow, defined sequences and roles (standard work):

Level the load and the mix as much as possible (Heijunka).
Develop continuous Flow wherever possible (and less continuous flow elsewhere).
Send Customer Demand to one Process Step - “Pacemaker” (and flow thereafter) and FIFO with no overtaking.
Resource and Test to the Levelled demand rate.
Standardise and Balance the work (via defined sequences / roles).

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Key lean lab concepts 3 – Levelling, Flow, Defined Sequences & Roles (Standard Work)

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Neil Sheahan, Analytical Laboratory Manager