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Lean Quote: Focus Drives Performance0
- Lean Quote
- September 6, 2013
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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Visual Management, A Status At A Glance0
- Visual Factory
- September 4, 2013
In the game of baseball why do fans repeatedly look at the scoreboard when the action is clearly on the field? The scoreboard answers important questions about the status of the game. It tells us how our team is doing in relation to the goal, to win the game! Visual management is the scoreboard for
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Happy Labor Day!0
- Other
- September 2, 2013
Happy Labor Day to all my American readers! For a lot of people, Labor Day means two things: a day off and the end of summer. However, Labor Day is a day set aside to pay tribute to working men and women and acknowledges the value and dignity of work and its role in American
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Lean Quote: Stop Training and Start Helping People Learn0
- Lean Quote
- August 30, 2013
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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Daily Lean Tips Edition #520
- Lean Tips
- August 27, 2013
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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A Successful Company Begins and Ends With a Quality Culture0
Culture is the shared beliefs, values, attitudes, institutions, and behavior patterns that characterize the members of a community or organization. In a healthy business culture, what’s good for the company and for customers comes together and becomes the driving force behind what everyone does. Leaders of business have a powerful influence on the development of
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Lean Quote: The Best Time is Now0
- Lean Quote
- August 23, 2013
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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Poka Yoke: Mistake Proofing to Reduce Errors0
- Lean in Practice, Sharing Best Practices
- August 21, 2013
Some may say that it’s impossible to eliminate mistakes. And they are right; it is, most of the time. But, to be honest, they are missing the point. Poka yoke, or mistake proofing, describes any behavior changing constraint that is built into a process to prevent an incorrect operation or act occurring. The three aims
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Restarting Your Lean Journey0
- Lean Management
- August 20, 2013
Despite the enormous popularity of Lean, the track record for successful implementation of the methodology is spotty at best. Some recent studies say that failure rates for Lean programs range between 50 percent and 95 percent. A Lean journey is full of steps not all of which are forward. Failure will occur. Its ok, the
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