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Lean, It’s All About The Customer 0
- Lean Basics, Lean Management
- June 4, 2014
At the center of a Lean culture and key to success is customer focus. Many companies do Lean for internal cost reasons rather than external and customer-focused reasons. The focus of Lean is on providing the customer with more value sooner. Without customer focus, Lean management techniques are difficult to employ. For any business the
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Lean Quote: Learn By Doing 0
- Lean Quote
- May 30, 2014
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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Daily Lean Tip Edition #63 (946-960)0
- Lean Tips
- May 28, 2014
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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Memorial Day: Remembering the Sacrifice of Freedom 0
- Other
- May 26, 2014
Memorial Day has come to signify the start of summer for many Americans and is often celebrated with cookouts, family get-togethers, road races and concerts. But the real meaning of Memorial Day has, for too many Americans, gotten lost in holiday hoopla. Memorial Day is a day of reflection and remembrance. It is a day
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Lean Quote: Celebrate Your Successes 0
- Lean Quote
- May 23, 2014
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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5th Anniversary of A Lean Journey Blog 0
- A Lean Journey
- May 21, 2014
Today marks the 5th anniversary of A Lean Journey Blog and as tradition here each year I take the opportunity to reflect. The act of “self-reflection” is called Hansei is Japanese. It is the practice of continuous improvement that consists of looking back and thinking about how a process can be improved. I’d like to
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