5S, is a method for organizing a shared workplace like a shop floor or an office space, and keeping it organized, using 5 key techniques each starting with S.

Kanban, is a signaling system used in production to adivse what is needed, when it is needed and the amount that is needed.

Total Productive Maintance (TPM), is an effective maintence system that otimimizes the equipment effectivness, eliminates break dows and promotes autonomous maintenance by operators.

Lean Manufacuring Assessment times worksheet, used for conducting time studies and best practises of lean manufacturing.

S I P O C Diagram, is a tool used by a team to identify all relevent elements of a process improvment project before work begins.

Kaizen Event, is a tool that focuses on continuous improvement by improving the standardized activities and processes.

Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) or otherwise know as quick changeover, is a technique to reduce machine tool setups times on the production line.

Value Stream Mapping (VSM), is a tool which allows an organisation to capture and document each process step and material flows

Takt Time (Line balancing), is used to calculate the time required to produce a component at the pace necessary to satisfy actual customer demand.

Economic Order Quantity (EOQ), is that level of inventory that minimizes the total of inventory holding costs and ordering costs.

Overall Equipment Effectivness (OEE), is the overall performance of a piece of equipment determined by the accoumlative sum of availability, performance and the quality rate.

Poka Yoke (Error Proofing) is the use of a device or method makes it impossible for an error to occur or to make the obvious error in the process.