Lean Thoughts

Metrics also serve as a powerful way to demonstrate improvement success to people who might otherwise roll their eyes.

Yes your organization does have an Aura. Know it to manage a successful evolution.

Ohno would quickly ask additional probing questions educating the engineer that perhaps they had “looked” but not “observed”

Workplace reorganization that transpired during Covid to protect people will now be expected as part of a Customer’s Value evaluation.

Richard-San, why are you taking such a simple concept, which is a natural human attribute based and developing a complex training model?...

Nope !!! You do not need Organizational First Aid. Really and actually you do, but you just have not yet realized it yet.

The perfect process consists of a single object transitioning through a series of operations while constantly accumulating value

Cell Material Flow? Right or Left?? It’s all about perspective… hang on, I’ll explain. There is a science to production systems layouts....

Cells and Cellular Processing are at the heart of Lean. They appear simple but are far from simple.

We can see the light at the end of the tunnel of a post-Covid world … so we need to get ready for yet another society shift..

There are a plethora of Leadership books in print, and more are invading the marketplace constantly. Ultimately Leadership remains a...

A common conflict in business is doing whatever it takes to satisfy the customer (damn the costs) or maximize profitability (damn service)

It is about responsibility. Responsibility requires a huge commitment while respect is an attribute earned by being responsible. As...

Where to source materials? Templates, Work Instructions and Brand Image? Potential Failure Points?

Enhance your ROI constantly. We truly live in a global community where your next customer and competitor is merely a mouse-click away

A problem to solve? A decision to Make? A plan to protect? An opportunity to leverage?

“Tuck in their Chair” it makes the area look neat and organized but it communicates respect for others, signals that you are done

This one simple form contains so many treasures of changing and sustaining change in your organization. On the surface it looks like a...

Better, Faster = Cheaper or more appropriate higher customer value and improved margin.

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