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Lean Quote: Leading by Example 0
- Lean Quote
- September 29, 2017
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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Guest Post: The Top 10 Lean Books of All Time 0
- Guest Post
- September 25, 2017
Do you know what lean manufacturing is? If not, then you haven’t heard of one of the most important and useful ways to manage a manufacturing enterprise. The concept of lean manufacturing arose from the work of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Toyota’s production system. Initially, lean was created by Toyota to conduct
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Lean Quote: Why Attend a Conference?0
- Lean Quote
- September 22, 2017
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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Northeast Lean Conference – SIPOC – The First Picture of Your Process 0
- Conference
- September 21, 2017
This week I was fortunate to attend the Northeast Lean Conference. I met a number of great practitioners on their Lean Journey which I’ll highlight in a upcoming post. I also had the opportunity to present at the conference on a tool and how we use it for continuous improvement. I wanted to share those
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Lean Tips Edition #114 (1711-1725)0
- Lean Tips
- September 18, 2017
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: Coaching is about…Others 0
- Lean Quote
- September 15, 2017
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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