Lean Thoughts

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:

Cost accounting drives us to local optimization but this paradigm is the largest obstacle to productivity improvement.

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.

There is a lot of Hysteria within the Lean Community about A3 thinking well I am here to shatter the myth.

"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.

Clean to INSPECT .. and you do have the time.

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.

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,

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