A Lean Journey Blog
- Home
- Blog
The Key to Success is Customer Focus0
- Culture, Lean Management
- December 4, 2012
At the center of a Lean culture and key to success is customer focus. The more our daily actions and long term plans are driven by meeting customer expectations, and the more we evaluate our work based upon these expectations, the more we improve customer loyalty and advocacy. This relentless focus on the customer is
READ MORE
The Eight Wastes of New Product Development0
- Lean Basics, Lean Definition
- December 3, 2012
The first step in eliminating waste from New Product Development (NPD), and thus improving the process, is to learn to identify the eight wastes. By closely examining the entire NPD process from a Lean perspective, the opportunities to drive out waste and increase value will become obvious. Defects Defects are the result of executed processes
READ MORE
Lean Quote: Inspection Is Too Late0
- Guest Post, Lean Quote
- November 30, 2012
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
READ MORE
Meet-up: Management Improvement Leader John Hunter0
- Meet-up
- November 28, 2012
Today’s guest on the meet-up guest is John Hunter. I’ve known John since I started my own blog. He connected with me in my infancy. My concept for the round-up came from John’s management improvement carnivals. John Hunter has experience in management improvement (customer focused continuous improvement, process improvement, systems thinking) and related areas. Since
READ MORE
The Benefits of PFMEA in Preventing Failures0
- Quality
- November 26, 2012
FMEA is a systematic analysis of potential failure modes aimed at preventing failures. This is intended to be a preventative action process carried out before implementing new or changes in products or processes. An effective FMEA identifies corrective actions required to prevent failures from reaching the customer and to assure the highest possible yield, quality
READ MORE
Lean Quote: Thanksgiving, More than Just Words0
- Lean Quote
- November 23, 2012
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
READ MORE
Happy Thanksgiving to You!0
- A Lean Journey
- November 22, 2012
Thanksgiving Friends Thanksgiving is a time For reviewing what we treasure, The people we hold dear, Who give us so much pleasure. Without you as my friend, Life would be a bore; Having you in my life Is what I’m thankful for. By Joanna Fuchs www.poemsource.com I would be remiss if I did not take time
READ MORE
Paul Akers Shares Tips for Morning Meetings0
- Sharing Best Practices
- November 21, 2012
What’s the point of the morning meeting? Paul Akers says it is about building a team. You can not build a team when the leader is talking. The leader must ask employees questions so they talk. When employees talk you are building a team. What do you ask? Ask them “what bugs you?” Problems are
READ MORE
Daily Lean Tips Edition #390
- Lean Tips
- November 20, 2012
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
READ MORE