Sherlock Holmes: Lean Detective
Like Taiichi Ohno, Shigeo Shingo and W. Edwards Deming, Sherlock made a name for himself by observing.
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Kaizen and Kaikaku: Partners in Success
When you are first delving into Lean principles, you swiftly encounter two key concepts: Kaizen and Kaikaku.
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The 8th Waste, Hidden Talents and the Sweeney Miracle
Bodek, described by others as the “Godfather of Lean” added an eighth waste to the list.
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The Three Things You Never Want to Leave Waiting
If a part of the process is waiting, it is an anchor dragging down the efficiency of your whole organization.
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Building Employee Trust for a Lean Transformation
How often in the past four years have large firms laid off workers by the hundreds in the name of “efficiency”?
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Lean is a Global Language
Part of Lean's rabid growth is due to this cross-cultural appeal.
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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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Seeing the Big Picture: Value Stream Mapping
Using Lean techniques like 5S and SMED, you can easily reduce waste on individual processes.
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Fear of the Stop Watch
When people hear about consultants coming in to improve “efficiency,” two images often come to mind; pink slips and someone with a stopwatch tracking their every movement.
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