Lean Thoughts

Ctrl, Alt Delete may be your answer to cure "Adjustitus" you have incurred during the past several years.

Suppliers typically cursed, abused and given a lot of grief, while in reality they can be a great resource of value, and innovation.

Measuring and monitoring “Yield” within your facility can reveal interesting information about how well you utilize your materials and cash.

Now that lean has been affecting production processes for decades, how far has factory layout/design come? In my experience, not very far!

After participating in a EVSM Workshop is people have never taken the time to observe the daily waste generated in their processes.

Factories were designed a long time ago to take advantage both of gravity.

Lean is not a cost reduction exercise. Lean is about increasing velocity within your process

As companies must be fast, adaptable, agile, and courageous to compete, one of the most important elements is the ability to trust. Trust...

Does Lean apply only to manufacturing or is it applicable to other parts of our business?

The basic method of building cars hasn't changed much over the last 93 years:

A year may seem like a long time but it is also a very short time

Most folks feel that if they and their organizations are not working at a fever pace nothing is being accomplished.

As a leader you need to take time to “pause” to be “ON” your business rather than being “IN” your business.

"People leave Leaders not Companies". I loved the title of one recent article titled "We are not Family anymore" ... how true.

feed-back and insights from first day impressions of new employees and visitors can be so valuable.

the old timer who sued the drug company because the new sinus spray caused his arm pits to smell - in reality, the drug enabled him to smell

When a company “goes lean,” the tradition of managerial control is easily transferred to process improvement.

Until recently, RFID was more about potential than a practical reality because high costs got in the way of adopting this technology.

to ensure success, there are many factors to consider before embarking on your lean journey.

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