Early Management
Written By: Paul Steven – KCTS Lean Consultant The benefit of learning on Innovation In the 1990’s I worked as a Project Engineer & Project Manager for capital investments and introduction of...
View Article5 S – SHINE
Written By: Paul Steven – KCTS Lean Consultant Can Shine within 5 S bring a team together? As written in previous blogs, 5S forms a foundation for improving your environment. If you need to improve...
View ArticleQuick Wins from 5S
Written By: Paul Steven – KCTS Lean Consultant 5S has many specific definitions for each “S”. I prefer, Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardise & Sustain. All five should be applied together in...
View ArticleThe Do’s & Don’ts of Dealing with the “Nay-sayers”
Written by: Cordell Hensley – KCTS Lean Consultant If you’ve ever tried to make a change at work or implement a new policy, programme or project you have surely run into one of these characters; the...
View ArticleAre you using Self Assessment Audits to drive your success?
Written By: Paul Steven – KCTS Consultant To control the quality of your products it is necessary to have an excellent understanding of the processes within your business. How are you judging your...
View ArticleSeeing is Believing
February 8th, 2011 Written By: Matthew Treby – KCTS Technical Consultant Have you ever been to an engineering or morning meeting when a problem is being discussed that could be a machine, breakdown or...
View ArticleTop 5 things to do when launching a Planned Maintenance programme
Written By: Stephen Ellis – KCTS Consultant For those maintenance or production personnel contemplating introducing a planned maintenance programme, here, in no particular order, are the top 5 things...
View ArticleTop Tips for a 5S Engineering Workshop
Written By: Sean Cole – KCTS Consultant Engineering Workshops come in all shapes and sizes and varying degrees of tidiness and organisation, however, most are not fit for purpose. A workshop that...
View ArticleListening
Written by – Cordell Hensley, KCTS Consultant How well do you listen? If you have children, you are probably good at ignoring sounds and even speech from time to time, they can drone on! But at the...
View ArticleTPM Principles & Application
Back in 2009, KCTS starting blogging about Total Productive Maintenance which has been a core system within KCTS since it started in 1998. Read it again below: TPM Principles & Application What is...
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