What is Hoshin Kanri and How Can It Help?
Hoshin Kanri can be translated into English as “Policy Management."
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Build a Kanban system that works!
It is a complicated concept but Kanban can be highly effective with the right implementation.
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What is Visual Management as a Lean Tool?
In order to continuously improve and progress as an organization, people need to observe, communicate and share information.
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Reduce your Changeover Time with SMED!
SMED, while focused on manufacturing and equipment, can be applied to a wide variety of organizations.
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What is Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)?
This Lean manufacturing technique focuses on the relationship between the operators and their machines.
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Paul Akers: “Fix What Bugs You!”
"Lean is not about being organized, because you can organize waste."
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Washington State is Hungry for Lean Learning
Over 2,000 attendees from hundreds of different departments and agencies gathered to hear experts, share success stories and learn the common language of Lean.
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Taking Lean Out of the Factory and Into the World
Entrepreneurs are taking the lessons of Lean and expanding them outside the traditional manufacturing world.
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We will continue to bring you the latest in Lean thinking as concise training videos.
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How Do I Create Employee Engagement?
Employee Engagement is difficult to define and even harder to create but it is absolutely essential to a highly functioning organization.
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