Lean Thoughts

“Tuck in their Chair” it makes the area look neat and organized but it communicates respect for others, signals that you are done

This one simple form contains so many treasures of changing and sustaining change in your organization. On the surface it looks like a...

Meeting a plan is a thing of beauty and should not be accomplished by accident.

Tick-tock, Tick-tock … Checklists are not insulting.

This is why we launched Organizational First Aid !

Kamishibai or also know as “T” cards is a simple check card system which is used for systematically reviewing critical items within the work

Understanding exactly what is defined activity within your role and position.

Production starts are important since it defines your “Run-at-Rate” and your predictability of meeting customer demand. So is it...

OK … so I am not allowed to make general sweeping statements … but I am convinced that most organizations are not optimizing their...

Mariela and I are fortunate that we are able to walk through many organizations and observe some very interesting processes. What...

What is “Going to the Gemba” and why is it so widely used in the Toyota Production System?

How many time have we told ourselves “How goes my Monday will define how goes my Week!” Time for an “attitude adjustment” and this is...

INTRODUCTORY PHASE In most cases, an organization does not have to look too far or too deep to identify streams of waste: excess motion...

That is just the resulting “eye candy”. Again this week I spoke with a couple of folks about their 5S activities and they focused on the...

5S What is 5S? Sort (eliminate that which is not needed) Set In Order (organize remaining items) Shine (clean and inspect work area)...