July 2012 - aleanjourney

Daily Lean Tips Edition #34 0
- Lean Tips
- July 30, 2012
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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GBMP’s WIP It Video 0
- Lean Fun
- July 29, 2012
My friends at GBMP sent me a great video yesterday. Bruce Hamilton (a.k.a. Mr. Toast) and the GBMP team sing a little jingle to Devo on WIP. Excess inventory, be it raw material, work-in-process (WIP) or finished goods just results in waste, stagnation, quality risks, excess lead-time, increased costs, etc. etc. In fact “excess inventory
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Lean Quote: Mistakes are the Portals of Discovery 0
- Lean Quote
- July 27, 2012
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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Meet-up: Gotta Go Lean’s Jeff Hajek 0
- Meet-up
- July 25, 2012
Today’s guest on the Meet-up is my good friend Jeff Hajek. Many reader’s of this blog know Jeff from the Webinars we have done together over the last couple of years. I have been fortunate to collaborate with Jeff because I have learned so much from him. We share a passion of continuous improvement, learning,
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My Tribute to Stephen Covey 0
- In the News
- July 24, 2012
The well-known author, Stephen R. Covey, who impacted the world with his books and self-help products died on Monday, July 16, 2012. Covey died in Idaho Falls, Idaho in the hospital with his wife and all of his 9 children at his side. His death was due to complications from a fall, having lost control
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Lean, Quality, and Social Responsibility 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices
- July 23, 2012
This month on ASQ’s blog Paul poses an important question about making the case for quality and social responsibility. When executives understand they can save money, reduce risk, and enhance their reputation by being socially responsible–they will. Who better than the quality community to provide the needed education? In Lean we talk of two main
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