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Continuous improvement

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Download our free curriculum grid to find resources that are mapped against module 16 Continuous improvement.

In the free download, you will find information on where to find content to support the teaching of:

16.1 Continuous Improvement Principles and Practices.

  • Principles – reflection and evaluation of processes, incremental change and improvement, Kaizen
  • Principles –key performance indicators (KPIs)
  • Principles – implementation (plan, do, check, act – PDCA)
  • Principles – 8 wastes (transportation, inventory, motion, waiting, excess production, over processing, defects, unused talent)
  • Principles – lean
  • Practices – value stream mapping
  • Practices – visual management
  • Practices – 6S (sort, set in order, shine, standardise, sustain, safety)
  • Practices – single minute exchange of dies (SMED)
  • Practices – operation effective efficiency (OEE)
  • Practices – total productive maintenance (TPM)
  • Practices – kanban

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