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Good Advice for Anytime 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- July 14, 2010
I recently came across a good video that outlines several strategies for dealing with the recession. These strategies come from Tom Peters, self proclaimed uber-guru, speaker, and author of recently released The Little Big Things: 163 Ways to Pursue EXCELLENCE. Tom was apparently asked what you can do to deal with tough times. While he
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Do You Know How to Handle Your Constraint?0
- Lean Basics
- July 12, 2010
A recent plant visit was a real lesson in constraint management. What I have found is that we have a weak knowledge of how to identify a bottleneck and how to effectively manage this constraint. To discuss this subject it is important to start with defining the distinction between a constraint and a bottleneck. A
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Lean Quote, July 9, 2010: Courage to Succeed 0
- Lean Quote
- July 9, 2010
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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Flow Requires “No” Vision 0
- Lean Basics
- July 7, 2010
When Henry Ford introduced flow production in 1913, the objective was to drastically reduce throughput time and human effort. Continuous flow is producing and moving one item at a time (or a small batch of items) through a series of processes as continuously as possible. Flow is one of five key Lean Principles identified by
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Happy Birthday America!0
- Other
- July 4, 2010
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” On July 4, 1776, we claimed our independence from Britain and Democracy was born. Every day thousands leave their homeland to come to the
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Lean Quote, July 2, 2010: Open-Mindedness 0
- Lean Quote
- July 2, 2010
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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