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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
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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
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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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