A
selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of July
2023.  You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here.  

Conducting
A Manual Process Assessment – John Knotts shares seven steps to assess
manual processes in your organization to help you prioritize which processes to
improve or automate.

The
Particularities of Continuously Moving Assembly Lines – Christoph Roser
discusses the basic commonalities and differences between pulsed and
continuously moving lines.

The Lean Spectrum – Bob Emiliani
shares his Lean Spectrum which he created  to identify areas of strength and weakness and
to produce a more balanced practice of Lean management to continuously achieve
better overall results quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year.

11 Examples
of Continuous Improvement Companies – Danielle Yoon highlights a few
examples of outstanding continuous improvement culture within some of the
world’s most well-known companies.

Continuous
Improvement Processes: Choosing the Right One for Your Business – Matt Bana
discusses different continuous improvement methodologies that you can implement
to achieve more efficient and cost-effective operations.

Top
Process Improvement Tools to Enhance Performance – Noah Paratore shares process
improvement techniques can be used alone or in combination with other process
improvement tools.

PDSA,
or Doing it Well, Starts With Psychological Safety – Mark Graban discusses
using the PDSA approach and why it requires a high degree of “psychological
safety.”