Lean Thoughts

one of your most critical responsibilities as a leader is to determine what the top priorities are for both the company and yourself.

A successful Strategic Plan not only allows you to outline the direction that you want your business to take

By making sure people “stay busy” you are depriving yourself of information you must have to make rational management decisions.

Observe Process and question "Would I want my child to perform this function or even worse make it into a career?"

those businesses that stand out also tend to operate with a heavy dose of tribal knowledge … which other view as a vulnerability

The trust has been broken between employee's and employer's during Covid so no wonder that employee's are seeking a security blanket.

a secret to maintaining a good relationship is to instill the “no counting” rule.

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.

here are the top soft skills employers are currently looking for. and then Bring there Soft Skills to the Surface.

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!

Perceived effective communications does not always work. Which is why you need to share communication through at least 2 channels.

We have paused, denied, diverted, deviated, destructed, pivoted, innovated and of course prayed for normal to return.

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

The main consequence is that Process owners adapted processes towards survival not necessarily with a focus on sustainable improvement

Teams migrate through Forming, Storming, Norming and finally performing but they need more.

Some things that we are losing through emerging new technology are NOT good, namely etiquette.

You have to know your costs. It is the only way you will be able to justify a changeover reduction program.

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