February 2011 - aleanjourney

Lean Quote: Catching People Doing Things Right 0
- Lean Quote
- February 25, 2011
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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Book Review: Death By Meeting 0
- Book Review
- February 23, 2011
At work our library is near our cafeteria so while heating up lunch I often sneak over to the library to browse. The other day this book title “Death By Meeting” caught my eye. While meetings are an essential to effective management of organizations, they seem to be a source of tension, struggle and ineffectiveness. Death By
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My Day Job as a Lean Practitioner at OFS 0
- A Lean Journey
- February 22, 2011
Many of you may wonder what I do when I am not writing blog posts. Well, I practice what I preach. I am a Lean Practitioner (Lean Manufucturing Leader) at OFS Speciatly Photonics Division. I am responsible for teaching Lean thinking principles and countermeasure techniques while ensuring we continue our journey in pursuit of “True
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Adopt Seventeen Principles to Remove Wasted Movement 0
- Lean Basics
- February 21, 2011
Motion waste occurs when people move without adding value to the product. This type of waste includes all the motion in operator’s bodies that occurs when they process materials: foot and hand motion, and torso movements such as bending, reaching, lifting, and so on. Hiroyuki Hirano defined waste as “everything that is not absolutely essential.”
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Lean Quote: Small Improvements are a Sustainable Competitive Advantage 0
- Lean Quote
- February 18, 2011
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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Book Review: Leading Change 0
- Book Review
- February 16, 2011
Okay, this isn’t a new book but nonetheless one I recently read. Actually, when it first came out I wasn’t even in manufacturing and I am not sure it would have made sense. But having been part of a number of Lean transformations including leading them myself when I saw this book on the shelf
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