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Three Reasons You Need a Lean Coach0
- Change Management, Lean Management
- August 19, 2013
Lean manufacturing is a very broad philosophy for business improvement that has many tools/techniques to aid you in making your production or service more efficient and better at offering your customer a great value. Being able to successfully implement Lean across a company is not something that you can pick up from reading a few
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Lean Quote: Finding Better Ways To Do Things Is Lean0
- Lean Quote
- August 16, 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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Managers Must Be Teachers0
- ASQ's Influential Voices, Leadership
- August 14, 2013
In Paul Borawski’s post this month on The View from the Q Blog he asks about our experience with training. He shared some results regarding the matter from ASQ’s Global State of Quality research. (Remember, you can download the entire report for free at the above link.) From the research: “Organizations that govern quality with a
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Some Things You Can’t Delegate If Your Transformation Is To Be Successful0
- Change Management, Culture, Lean Management
- August 13, 2013
Lean requires changing systems, organizational structures, processes, acquiring new technologies/machines, and even altering layout of the workplace. And although all of these components are important, the most important area of focus for Lean leaders are the people. Implementing Lean is a journey and has a huge impact on employees because Lean changes the way that
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The Worst Waste of All: Lack of Employee Involvement0
- Lean Definition, Lean Management
- August 12, 2013
Taiichi Ohno (considered by many to be the father of Lean) highlighted overproduction as the worst of all the 7 Wastes. Overproduction includes in essence all others wastes so it could be considered the most problematic. However, many have missed one of the biggest opportunities for quick improvement by overlooking one of the deadliest wastes,
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Lean Quote: A Leader Must Be A Good Teacher0
- Lean Quote
- August 9, 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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Establishing Smart Goals Ensures Clarity0
- Sharing Best Practices
- August 7, 2013
Performance goal setting is an important activity that is closely related to quality improvement. The process of setting goals can serve as a road map to your success. Goals set for departments, teams, or individuals should be linked to the organization’s mission, purpose, and strategic plans. One process for helping you set clear, achievable goals
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Daily Lean Tips Edition #510
- Lean Tips
- August 6, 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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Ten Inhibitors of Continuous Flow0
- Lean Basics, Lean Definition
- August 5, 2013
A Lean Enterprise is centered on the concept of flow. Once value added activities and necessary non-value activities are identified, improvement efforts are directed toward making the activities flow. Flow is the uninterrupted movement of product or service through the system to the customer. An obvious question is why the processes we operate at the
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