Heijunka Box
The Japanese term Heijunka means ‘leveling’ and is commonly used in manufacturing facilities to describe the process of leveling out the type and/or quantity of production over a set amount of time. The idea is to help an organize reduce waste in production while still meeting the demand of customers. As with many other efficiency improvement concepts used today, Heijunka as developed by the Toyota Motor Company…
Tony Ferraro | April 15, 2016 | Lean | Heijunka Box