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- December 27, 2012
As 2012 goes into the history books I want to take a moment to reflect on this past year. Nearly 159,000 people have visited the site this year which is more than double 2011. I posted some 230 articles on the site this year. It has truly been a very positive and full year. Here is a collection of
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Merry Christmas and a Gift for You0
- Other
- December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas to all A Lean Journey Fans! Lean is a gift to us individually and to organizations empowering and inspiring improvement all around us. This holiday season I want to take the opportunity to thank all those who share the passion for continuous improvement and share in the learning on this blog. As a way
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Twas a 5S Christmas0
- 5S, Sharing Best Practices
- December 24, 2012
The folks over at Graphic Products received this great holiday poem which they shared in their newsletter. I thought it would be great to share with all of you. Anonymous, 2012 ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the plant Machines were not running; production was scant. We’d been forced to shut down and
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Lean Quote: Don’t Try to Boil the Ocean0
- Lean Quote
- December 21, 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
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Lean Quote: Actions Speak Louder Than Words0
- Lean Quote
- December 14, 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
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No Email Day and Reducing E-mail Waste0
- In the News
- December 13, 2012
Yesterday was No Email Day, a campaign to encourage people to stop using email for 24 hours for greater productivity and to realize how email has become abused/overused. The organizers would like you to do something more productive with the time saved from no email. This could simply involve other forms of communication like actually
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How do you Define Quality Success?0
- ASQ's Influential Voices, Quality
- December 12, 2012
This month in Paul Borawski’s post on ASQ with the back drop of the annual salary survey he asks what’s your case for a raise. If you accept the premise that you get paid what you’re worth (and it’s not always true) I wonder what you’d tell your boss you did in the last year
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Daily Lean Tips Edition #400
- Lean Tips
- December 11, 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
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Defining Problems SMART-ly0
- Lean in Practice
- December 10, 2012
Accurate problem statements save time and effort by focusing the team on root cause identification. A well-stated problem statement is a clear and concise statement that describes the symptoms of the problem to be addressed. It speeds a robust corrective action process by identifying potential root causes and eliminating bias and noise. Unfortunately, many don’t
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