Tim McMahon, Author at aleanjourney

100% Final Inspection is Not 100% Accurate 0
- Quality
- December 4, 2024
An “old school” view of quality control viewed inspection as the key to quality. One-hundred-percent inspection is commonly used to avoid shipping nonconforming product. Each of the items produced is measured and judged to be either conforming or nonconforming. Find the defects and throw ’em out. Whatever survived the inspection process was, by default, high
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10 Characteristics of Good Facilitator 0
- Facilitation, kaizen
- December 2, 2024
A successful meeting needs to be well organized with a sense of purpose and direction. To ensure this, it is helpful to have a facilitator take charge of the session. A good facilitator adds immense value to any business or learning setting. The number of meetings is on the rise, with the average professional spending
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Lean Quote: Gratitude Helps Us Flourish 0
- Lean Quote
- November 29, 2024
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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Lean Roundup #186 – November 2024 0
- Lean Roundup
- November 27, 2024
A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of November 2024. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. Dark Lean – Christoph Roser explains in order to do good lean, we need to understand why some lean projects are bad 0r, in order for practitioners to reach the
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