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Exposing The Common Myths of Standardized Work 0
- kaizen, Lean Basics
- March 6, 2024
A couple days ago I posted an article on standard work as a mechanism for facilitating and empowering improvement. By documenting the current best practice, standardized work forms the baseline for kaizen or continuous improvement. As the standard is improved, the new standard becomes the baseline for further improvements, and so on. Improving standardized work
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Standard Work Enables and Facilitates 0
- kaizen, Lean Basics
- March 4, 2024
Standard work is a written description of how a process should be done. It guides consistent execution. At its best, it documents a current “best practice” and ensures that it is implemented throughout a company. At a minimum, it provides a baseline from which a better approach can be developed. The definition of standard work
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Lean Quote: Employee Appreciation Day 0
- Lean Quote, Respect For People
- March 1, 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 #177 – February 2024 0
- Lean Roundup
- February 28, 2024
A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of February 2024. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. Introduction to Toyota Kata – Mark Rosenthal introduces Toyota Kata as a way to start to nudge the culture in the direction we want it to go. The Problem
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