Lean Thoughts

Our TPM workstations remain pure where have incorporated layered audits, where the operator is truly recognized as a customer.

Taiichi Ohno's book “Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production” would be better translated as "Aiming for Non-Scale Management

Leaders will do a lap through the facility to see how things are performing and get data inputs just in case someone presents a question.

Lack of knowledge and why do commentators keep suggesting that JIT can’t work in a chaotic world?

I wander and hear ongoing complaints about the inability to attract and retain labor, I see absolutely no effort to improve professionalism

to help folks identify waste and ultimately improve process all you need to do is stand and observe.

One of the key initial rules in deploying Lean Methodologies is to assign a specific owner to a process, task or assignment ...

All people can give is their "Gift of Time" but ultimately they decide who gets that gift ... how welcoming are you in accepting this gift?

It is not "IF" but "WHEN" ... why you need to commit to cybersecurity.

It is the physical path that a Material Handler follows from a central parts location to various consuming locations.

unless it directly contributes the primary guiding principal (Velocity) it becomes a waste of time, investment and ultimately money.

COVID-19 has spawned its own vocabulary. “Physical distancing","super spreaders" and “elbow bump” have all come to mean very specific...

Workplace reorganization that transpired during Covid to protect people will now be expected as part of a Customer’s Value evaluation.

Ten Tips for Top Managers

Nope !!! You do not need Organizational First Aid. Really and actually you do, but you just have not yet realized it yet.

The perfect process consists of a single object transitioning through a series of operations while constantly accumulating value

Cell Material Flow? Right or Left?? It’s all about perspective… hang on, I’ll explain. There is a science to production systems layouts....

No one likes grilled mouse… at least no one we know.

Where to source materials? Templates, Work Instructions and Brand Image? Potential Failure Points?

A problem to solve? A decision to Make? A plan to protect? An opportunity to leverage?