Lean Thoughts

To enhance throughput in your business, we need to consider two factors: * Speed * Process time

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

Yokoten as a concept is incredibly powerful and effective, implementing it as a core concept is very difficult

As the company continues to innovate, many businesses can learn a few supply chain lessons from Ford.

I strongly suggest that you change the Deming cycle to Check, Act, Plan, Do (CAPD)

Etiquette, At least, that’s what it was called in my generation.

Meetings are necessary tools – but not in the manner many are run.

the touch of the human hand while cleaning is the world’s most sensitive instrument

Many Product or Process launched using the Hand Grenade methodology.

“poor planning on your part does not justify heroics on my part unless I can make it part of my business model”

How does a Leader come into a company as large as Ford - with its , multiple product lines, and international operations -stay aligned?

5S+1 is typically the first tool adopted by organizations as part of their Lean journey, primarily because of the visual impact it creates

Let us replace Inventory with Additive Manufacturing.

Success begins with a state of mind. You must believe you’ll be successful in order to become a success.

Let’s explore what a robust succession plan is, including identifying and developing internal talent.

High achievers seem to always get so much done in so little time. How do they do it?

10 points to consider before embarking on your LEAN transformation

Operations are the first to apply Lean because that is where “Waste” is typically the most visible.

Root Cause Analysis supports operations improvements by promoting the problem-solving culture of team communication.

those pesky Rush Order Requests always seem to come from (pick one or all) 1) the same customer 2) same sales person 3) same customer ser