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Facts Speak For Themselves0
- Quality
- November 19, 2012
The general causes of troubles in factories arise from wrong knowledge and incorrect operations. To discern what is wrong and what is incorrect we have to launch into a fact finding process. “The Facts.” An overused expression. Everybody assumes he knows, but no one actually knows. One might be reminded of a story of the
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Lean Quote: Four Attributes of an Effective Performance Measurement System0
- Lean Quote
- November 16, 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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The Successes of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma: A Case Study0
- Guest Post
- November 14, 2012
Those who deal with Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing on a frequent basis will be fully aware of the benefits they can have for businesses; dramatic improvements in quality and service, improved customer satisfaction and improved reliability, are just to name a few. But, it’s rare that individuals looking to learn more about the philosophy
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Get Involved – 3rd Annual World Quality Month0
- ASQ's Influential Voices
- November 13, 2012
Join the Global Quality Community in celebrating World Quality Month in November 2012! Now in its third year, World Quality Month provides a platform for acknowledging the efforts and accomplishments of the Global Quality Community. This is a time to celebrate—a time to showcase the advancements and valuable quality contributions in businesses, communities, and institutions.
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The Outstanding Organization is Outstanding0
- Book Review
- November 12, 2012
What’s holding back your organization? Are people still fighting fires, missing targets, producing defects, and doubting direction? Why haven’t you been able to sustain your gains? After two decades in the trenches of helping companies design and build better, more efficient operations, Karen Martin has pinpointed why performance improvement programs often fail: chaos, the sneaky
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Lean Quote: A Lack of A Problem Solving Process Means More Problems0
- Lean Quote
- November 9, 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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Meet-up: Personal Kanban’s Jim Benson0
- Meet-up
- November 7, 2012
Today’s guest on the meet-up guest is Jim Benson. Jim is the co-author (along with Tonianne DeMaria Barry) of Personal Kanban. Jim and Tonianne are the ones who got me turned on to use of a kanban system for personal productivity. They wrote a wonderful book that allows anyone to visualize work in a simple
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Book Review: Reflections of A Business Nomad0
- Book Review
- November 6, 2012
On Friday, I received in the mail Pascal Dennis’s new book Reflections of a Business Nomad. As a longtime fan of Pascal’s work over the years I sat down Saturday to learn his newest lessons. Reflections of a Business Nomad is not like Pascal’s other awarding winning books (Lean Production Simplified, Andy & Me, Getting
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A Ted talk about the Laws of Subtraction by the Author Matthew E. May0
- Sharing Best Practices
- November 5, 2012
We live in an age of excess everything–an era of overwhelming choice, crippling complexity, and feature overload. Standing out in the age of excess everything demands a singular skill: Subtraction. The world’s most original innovators all know this: less is best. They know that by removing just the right things in just the right way,
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