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A
selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of February,
2014. You can also view the previous
monthly Lean Roundups here.
Supplier
Collaboration – John Szoke explains the importance of supplier
collaboration and how to go about doing it.
What's
the Problem? – Bill Waddell says the way managers define problems are an
indication how they will support Lean thinking/improvement.
How Peyton
Manning Demonstrates PDSA – Chad Walter explains the concept of PDSA with a
sport example of a quarter back in football.
Toyota
Kata “A3 Problem Solving” – Mark Rosenthal discusses A3 and the improvement
kata with Mike Rother, Jeffery Liker, and Jenny Snow-Boscolo.
6-Sigma
- A Common Cause of Failure – Gregg Stocker shares signs that a lean
deployment is being driven by a 6-sigma focus instead of Lean.
Jumping
to Improvement – Matt Wrye talks about using direct observations to gain
improvement.
Better Than Best Practice
– Tom Stoffel says the
true “best practice” to implement is to create an environment where teams
quickly analyze a problem when it occurs; this means digging in and learning
from how things happen when they do not go as ideally planned.
Lean
Accounting – Just another vehicle for managing by the numbers? – Bill
Waddell shares his thoughts on the dangers of management by numbers.
Visual
Management and “Go See” Leadership – Leancor provides four tips for
effective visual management in warehousing and distribution.
Reader
Question: Pros & Cons of Observing in the Workplace - Mark Graban explains the importance of having
coworkers observing not just managers or consultants.
One of the first aims should be to
develop people to use a systematic process for improvement – Jeffery Liker
explains how to start Lean by sharing types of Lean deployments and says
learning is the only way.
Start with a ‘model line’ so that
leadership can learn to see and solve problems – Steven Spear says exceptional
performance depends on exceptional learning dynamics.
What
Makes Great Coach? – Al Norval describes the PDCA cycle that makes good a
coach in the context of an example with a golf coach.
The Missing Link - Dwayne
Keller says the most overlooked part of Lean is the management system required.
What is a
Kata? – Hakan Forss explains the Lean term Kata and how you learn a new
habit.
The
Thinking Behind Toyota's Hiring Process - Tracey Richardson shares
competencies that Toyota looks for when hiring and explains why you should too.
Managing
By Not Wandering Around – Chet Marchwinski says there is more to management
than walking around, you must have a purpose.
My
Top 10 Lessons Learned from Practicing the Toyota Kata Approach – Michael
Lombard after about six months of real-world application including several
hundred coaching cycles has some lessons learned that he'd like to share.
Lead
Lean by Being Lean – Jim Luckman says leaders must lead transformation my
example and shares some ways to be inspirational.
Starting The Leadership Journey –
Dan Jones explains from experience his approach to starting Lean by developing
problem solving capabilities.
Effective
Leaders Tackle Challenges Systematically – Dario Spinola explains the
scientific, systematic approach to improvement that is Kata.
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