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- also known as production smoothing or – by its ****anese original term – heijunka (平準化), is a technique for reducing the mura (unevenness) which in turn...
- While heijunka is the smoothing of production, the heijunka box is the name of a specific tool used in achieving the aims of heijunka. The heijunka box...
- after a subsequent operation signals a need. "Level out the workload (heijunka). (Work like the tortoise, not the hare.)" This principle aims to avoid...
- Use the "pull" system to avoid overproduction. Level out the workload (heijunka). (Work like the tortoise, not the hare.) Build a culture of stopping to...
- product. Most factories that use kanban use the colored board system (heijunka box). Many manufacturers have implemented electronic kanban (sometimes...
- fundamental: production smoothing (Heijunka), capacity buffers, setup reduction, cross-training and plant layout. Heijunka: production smoothing presupposes...
- of the problem and not the size of the activity, to kanban, obeya and heijunka boxes and many other diverse examples. In The Toyota Way, it is also known...
- waste, quickly resolving any bottlenecks. Applying production leveling (Heijunka) to both supply chain management and production process steps. Automating...
- Goffey during BBC's 1991 Motorfair Top Gear coverage. Principles such as Heijunka boards, andon pull cords, and Gemba walking have become embedded in aerospace...
- of Toyota which are characterized by continuous production processes (heijunka) which are continuously improved (kaizen). "The easy availability of replacement...