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Lean Tools : 

Choose the services

which will consolidate your actions and make the production in your company more effective and even.

  • Diagnosis means that you base on facts, and not conjectures while implementing Lean.
  • Workshops will prepare your workers and the company management to implement Lean Manufacturing.
  • Implementation of one or more Lean Basic Tools: 5S, TPM , SMED, Kaizen Blitz and Suggestion System will provide you Lean base. By maintaining these basic tools at the acceptable level, you can decide to implement Lean Advanced Tools: Standardized Work, Pull System, VSM, One Piece Flow, MTM and TOC.

Lean Manufacturing - Produkowanie tylko tego, co jest potrzebne,
tylko wtedy kiedy jest potrzeba, z użyciem minimalnych zasobów [ James Womack ]

Written by Grażyna Potwora
1990 – Polish Productivity Center Foundation
This foundation was established by Polish Ministry of Trade and Industry which using help proposed by Japanese government was going to take opportunity to popularize methods of increasing productivity in Poland.  In 1999 the foundation was suspended interminably due to financial reasons.
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Grażyna Potwora - konsultant

2000 – Polish Productivity Center Ltd.

At the same time, workers from one of eight departments of the Foundation  - Silesian Center of Productivity, willing to continue the activity of this Foundation converted it into Polish Productivity Center Ltd. The company was existing in this form until 2006.

 
2006 –  K.U.R. E. N. Group
Our present aim is to participate in international projects and to provide the advanced services for companies working in World Class Manufacturing system.
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Grażyna Potwora - konsultant
Therefore, we have entered into equity relationships and exchange process of know-how with Swedish K.U.R.E.N. Group, particularly with  MVV AB company being the part of this group. MVV AB consultants have been building the power of production systems for such companies as Volvo, Electrolux or Husquarna since the 60’s.  MVV combines the practical consulting activities with the newest IT solutions supporting Lean Manufacturing. This group operates in Sweden, Poland, Germany and RSA. Besides connections with Polish Productivity Center, K.U.R.E.N. group has also established Knowledge Factory. This company specializes in Lean Manufacturing open training courses and is analogue to Kunskapsfabriken  company from Sweden.

Lean dictionary

Czas potrzebny operatorowi na przejście przez wszystkie czynności w procesie, zanim je powtórzy.

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ImageZest for Management – Talking shop with Konosuke Matsushita – 20th Century Japans Premier Manager
Published by Forum, Poznań 2004
Format B-5
Paperback, 186 pp
Price 39 PLN

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