ABSTRACT
Genchi gembutsu is a Japanese term meaning “go see!” Get up and get your boots on (Figure 3.1)! Observe, observe, observe. ‘e next step in this wonderful journey of waste elimination and productivity gain is to take time studies on the work content. You must document the processes and the cycle time it takes to complete the work content for each process. Many people use a stopwatch for this, but over the years I have given up the stopwatch for a video camera. It is easy to rewind, and the time for each element of work is easily documented on the bottom of the screen. I encourage you to stay at the workstation during recording however. ‘ere is nothing like being there at the real place the work is being done (gemba) to understand the work content and how the processes interact and link to one another.
