Lean Thoughts

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

It is our job as Lean leaders to recognize and handle each accordingly.

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

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.

I challenge all of you to look at your organization as if it were a McDonald’s franchise. Not menu but at process.

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?

lot of discussion about autonomous vehicles and Industry 4.0 but based on what i have seen both are very active within the Dairy Farms

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

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.

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.

Sometimes you need to leave something simple alone, before complexity creeps in

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

methodologies and the typical benefits that can be achieved

I am raving fan of "Professor" Google or "Doctor" You Tube which between the two of them the majority (98%) of my questions are answered.