Welcome to the August 2005 edition of our monthly newsletter, Learning to Lean. In this month's edition, we will cover the topic of one-piece or continuous flow manufacturing.

Announcements

We are offering a public lean certification program. Click here for details. The following individual public courses may be taken separately or as part of the certificate program. We can also bring any of these courses to your facility.

Course (click on date to register/read more)	Date
Introduction to Implementing Lean	Sep 7, 2005
Value Stream Mapping	Sep 21, 2005
Creating Continuous Flow Manufacturing Cells	Oct 5, 2005
Material Flow and Kanban	Oct 19, 2005
Lean Production Control and Inventory Management	Nov 2, 2005
Kaizen Events: 5S, Visual Controls, and Mistake Proofing	Nov 16, 2005

Click here for details on all of our training offerings, both on-site at your facility and public.

One Piece Flow

Last month we covered the tools that will help achieve basic stability necessary for one-piece flow implementation. This month we will cover the process of implementing one-piece or continuous flow.

One-piece flow is one of the most important principles of lean manufacturing. This month we feature three articles that should help you understand more about implementing true one-piece flow. Firstly, we give you an overview of one-piece flow; this will teach you what one-piece flow actually is and why it is important. Our second article talks about implementing one-piece flow. In our third article, we talk about the types of manufacturing cells and which work best with one-piece flow.

The materials referenced in this newsletter will teach you more about implementing lean effectively. If the articles, links, and books to the left have piqued your interest and you would like to learn more, feel free to call us at 866-559-5598 or visit our website and click on "Contact Us."

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