July 2016 - aleanjourney

Lean Quote: Leadership is Unlocking People’s Potential to Become Better 0
- Lean Quote
- July 29, 2016
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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Lean Tips Edition #98 (Tip# 1471-1485)0
- Lean Tips
- July 25, 2016
For my Facebook fans you already know about this great feature. But for those of you that are not connected to A Lean Journey on Facebook or Twitter I post daily a feature I call Lean Tips. It is meant to be advice, things I learned from experience, and some knowledge tidbits about Lean to
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Lean Quote: Leader’s Actions Inspire Others 0
- Lean Quote
- July 22, 2016
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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Six Principles of Mistake Proofing 0
- Lean Basics, Lean in Practice
- July 20, 2016
Some may say that it’s impossible to eliminate mistakes. And they are right; it is, most of the time. But, to be honest, they are missing the point. Poka yoke, or mistake proofing, describes any behavior changing constraint that is built into a process to prevent an incorrect operation or act occurring. The three aims
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Sixteen Human Error Modes for Mistake Proofing 0
- Lean Basics
- July 18, 2016
We all make mistakes, to err is human. The question is why does it happen and how can you prevent it. The essence of mistake-proofing is to design both products and processes so that human errors or mistakes are impossible to make or, at the least, they are easy and early to detect and correct.
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Lean Quote: Lead by Example 0
- Lean Quote
- July 15, 2016
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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