A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean
bloggers from the month of May 2022.  You
can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. 

Material Flow
and Traffic Flow – An Analogy – Christoph Roser  compares the flow of materials in a factory
with the flow of traffic on roads.

Flow – Michel Baudin
describes aspects of flow in many contexts.

Lean
Thinking in Software Design – Pascal Dennis discusses the need for lean and
simpatico Agile and Scrum practices in software design.

Why
is Lean Important? 6 Ways Lean Leads to Success – JJ Puentes details the
specific reasons that Lean is important and the ways it leads to success which
he breaks down into six significant categories.

Why
Traditional Measurement Approaches Do Not Change A Culture – John Knotts
explains if you expect to install a culture of continuous improvement, then you
need to take the effort to start measuring your company’s activities at all
levels, not just at the highest KPIs or even the lowest process performance
measures.

Speed Will
Come – Steve Kane advocates implementing your improvements slowly and
deliberately so you can’t get it wrong, this is the desired result.

8 key lessons from Toyota – Roberto
Priolo looks back at the most insightful articles Planet Lean has published on
the most talked-about company in the lean world to share eight key lessons from
Toyota.

When
You Worry You Visualize What You Don’t Want! – Steve Musica says when you
worry, you visualize what you don’t want to happen and this remains in your
subconscious thoughts and becomes more likely to occur.

Taylor
Swift on the Inevitability of Mistakes and the Positive Outcomes That Can
Follow  – Mark Graban says we’ll
inevitably make mistakes but learning to reflect without dwelling on them and
beating ourselves up is a positive outcome.

Ask
Art: How Useful is Six Sigma and the Black Belts and Green Belts that Come with
It? – Art Byrne shares his thought that six sigma is comfortable and
results unsatisfactory whereas adopting lean is very uncomfortable — until you
see the results.

How
Organizations Can Increase Profitability While Improving the Work Environment
– Patricia Panchak and Matthew Savas share story of a restaurant’s management
team who discovers that enabling cooks to stay focused on value creation
improves business performance and makes them more effective leaders.