Comments on: Why Heijunka – Part 1 http://lssacademy.com/2007/06/06/why-heijunka-part-1/ Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, and Kaizen Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:21:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 2 Ways to Handle Varying Inventory Levels When Creating Value Stream Maps | Lean Six Sigma Academy http://lssacademy.com/2007/06/06/why-heijunka-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-4264 2 Ways to Handle Varying Inventory Levels When Creating Value Stream Maps | Lean Six Sigma Academy Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:01:20 +0000 http://lssacademy.com/2007/06/06/why-heijunka-part-1/#comment-4264 [...] you’re likely dealing with severe case of mura (unevenness) due to a lack of heijunka (production [...] [...] you’re likely dealing with severe case of mura (unevenness) due to a lack of heijunka (production [...]

]]> By: Urban Meyer is a Lean Leader (and Go Gators!) | Lean Six Sigma Academy http://lssacademy.com/2007/06/06/why-heijunka-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2840 Urban Meyer is a Lean Leader (and Go Gators!) | Lean Six Sigma Academy Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:53:40 +0000 http://lssacademy.com/2007/06/06/why-heijunka-part-1/#comment-2840 [...] like heijunka to me. More importantly, it sounds like long-term systems thinking instead of short-term [...] [...] like heijunka to me. More importantly, it sounds like long-term systems thinking instead of short-term [...]

]]> By: Lean Six Sigma Academy » Why Heijunka - Part 2 http://lssacademy.com/2007/06/06/why-heijunka-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-545 Lean Six Sigma Academy » Why Heijunka - Part 2 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:38:55 +0000 http://lssacademy.com/2007/06/06/why-heijunka-part-1/#comment-545 [...] night we discussed why we would use heijunka in a manufacturing environment in response to a readers question.  Tonight I want to focus in on [...] [...] night we discussed why we would use heijunka in a manufacturing environment in response to a readers question.  Tonight I want to focus in on [...]

]]> By: Pete Abilla http://lssacademy.com/2007/06/06/why-heijunka-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-539 Pete Abilla Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:32:54 +0000 http://lssacademy.com/2007/06/06/why-heijunka-part-1/#comment-539 Why heijunka? Simple: there are things in our control and things not in our control. Demand is something that we cannot control; our response to demand is something that we can control. Our response can manifest itself in production, or similar activities. Heijunka is about making more even our response to things that are not in our control. Heijunka uses the tactic of one-piece flow, but do not let that freak you out. THe concept is important to remember here. Why heijunka? Simple: there are things in our control and things not in our control. Demand is something that we cannot control; our response to demand is something that we can control. Our response can manifest itself in production, or similar activities.

Heijunka is about making more even our response to things that are not in our control.

Heijunka uses the tactic of one-piece flow, but do not let that freak you out. THe concept is important to remember here.

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