Lean Thoughts

the consumer price index for food-at-home recently saw its biggest 12-month increase in more than 40 years,

How to leverage the "hidden factory" as part of your winning team.

Our Philosophy of keeping an object in constant motion while adding value the customer is willing to pay for also became part of our culture

Blaming comes easy. Complaining is a cakewalk. But the culture needs encouragers,

“ 50% of the waste in your organization is there because you live with it every day which makes it become invisible…

many times the wastes found are a result of poor designs. I’m sure that this poor design is not intentional though.

Consider that 60 to 80 percent of all cost related with meeting a customer demand is an administrative or non-production-related function.

Many of us know the power of Visual Management. It provides individuals and organizations the ability to Provide instant feed-back to...

Kaizen often placed under the banner of Lean it truly is the migration from Batch to JIT to Jidoka.

Ha !! got your attention. No I am not going to target you as being cheap but rather looking for value. So what is this remarkable tool?

with COVID-19, sparking a growing pushback against arcane management philosophies. It has shifted the calculus for many professionals

Ultimately you either pay a sinful amount to attract and retain labour or you take a closer look at your processes to identify opportunities

Material Handling is a necessary evil and very seldom engineered

there are still many opportunities to prepare your businesses for a banner year. Here are five ...

The 14 Principles of Process Design, in 4 categories – each beginning with “P” – hence many have referred to this as the “4 – P” approach.

He could not understand why he was facing this challenge since they were compensating with above average hourly wage. I was not confused

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

“CENTER OF TRUTH” a location where you can research to see if a “Disturbance to Flow” has previously been experienced and corrected

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

ou have heard the term "Dress for Success" but how is your business dressed to attract and retain employees?