Back
E Terms
Economy of Scale
Economy of scale means that an organization is structured in such a way that as production volumes rise, per unit costs fall. In effect, this is a fancy of way to say “bigger is better”.
Effectiveness
Effectiveness is like the transmission of a car. It turns potential into results. Of course, there are two implications here.
Efficiency
Efficiency, in the strictest sense of the definition is being able to produce something with the minimum amount of time and resources. Efficiency in Lean comes with a few cautions.
Eiji Toyoda
See: Toyoda, Eiji
Eli Whitney
See: Whitney, Eli
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
See: Goldratt, Eliyahu M.
Emotions
On the job emotions are rarely talked about. But let’s begin with emotion in general. Emotion is something that we are all familiar with.
Employee Engagement
Employee engagement describes a state of workers’ full commitment to the success of the company.
Enforcement
Enforcement is the act of compelling someone to follow a standard. Think of enforcement as the strong arm of discipline. With good discipline, people are inspired to follow rules and meet standards.
Engineers
Engineers, not surprisingly, are people who are specially training in an engineering field. In a nutshell, they design solutions to a problem.
Ergonomics
Ergonomics is the broad study of how people interact with their environment.
Error Proofing
Error proofing, also referred to as mistake proofing or poka yoke, is the art of building processes that make it nearly impossible to make a specific mistake.
Errors
Preventing errors is one of the ways Lean helps reduce waste.Before we talk about preventing errors, let’s first talk about what errors are.
Evidence
Evidence is the data that supports a theory. It is what separates opinion from fact. Lean relies heavily on problem solving to make improvements.
Executives
Executives are the senior leaders in an organization. They make the sweeping decisions that affect a large cross-section of the company at the same time.
Expectations
Setting expectations is part of the relationship building process.
Experience
Does experience matter anymore? Despite the fact that people talk about experience with a degree of reverence, it has a changing role in continuous improvement.
External Setup
Setup is the process of preparing a machine to run a product. Some of the steps of a setup must be done while a machine is shut off. That is known as internal setup.
Extrapolation
There’s and old joke. There are two types of people in the world. Those that know what extrapolation is, and those… If you know what extrapolation is, you get the joke.