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Unlocking the Hidden Factory0
- Productivity, Sharing Best Practices
- April 23, 2025
A “Hidden Factory” forms when a defect flows downstream. When the defect is caught, a workaround is created as it is removed from the line, fixed, and placed back on the line. This may solve the problem in the short term, but when you do the same thing over and over again, the workarounds add
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Teach Them How To Fish0
- Development/Training, Leadership, Respect For People
- April 21, 2025
There’s an old saying, usually attributed to Confucius, that goes something like “Give a man a fish, and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you’ve fed him for a lifetime.” There’s an important life lesson in that simple statement. Some people translate it conceptually into something like “Education is
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Lean Quote: Good Friday is a Day of Hope0
- Lean Quote
- April 18, 2025
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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Sweet 16 – Blog Anniversary0
- A Lean Journey
- April 16, 2025
Another milestone. April 19th marks the 16th year publishing articles on A Lean Journey Blog. 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. First a
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Lean Tips Edition #314 (#3736 – #3750)0
- Lean Tips
- April 14, 2025
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: The Only Thing Worse Than a Wrong Decision is No Decision0
- Lean Quote
- April 11, 2025
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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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Micromanagement with the Power of Trust0
- Leadership, Respect For People
- April 9, 2025
Micromanagement: Everyone knows the term. Micromanaging is a method of management in which an individual closely observes or controls the work of an employee. In comparison to simply giving general direction, the micromanager monitors and evaluates every stage in a process, from beginning to end. This behavior negatively affects efficiency, creativity, trust, communication, problem-solving, and
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Strategy Planning and Deployment: A Tool to Achieve Excellence0
- Quality Magazine, Strategy
- April 7, 2025
Strategy is not about doing the important things but rather the process of choosing and deciding the plan forward. Image Source: Morsa Images / E+ / Getty Images Plus Traditional planning methodologies focus on steering an organization in the direction desired by top management, often referred to as management by objective (MBO). Unfortunately, as we
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Lean Quote: Listen to the People You Lead0
- Lean Tips
- April 4, 2025
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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