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Gemba Kaizen, 2nd Edition is a Powerful Resource to Improving Your Business0
- Book Review
- October 1, 2012
Gemba Kaizen, Second Edition (McGraw-Hill, 2012) is an in-depth revision of Imai’s best-selling work explaining how to implement cost-effective, incremental improvements in the most critical business processes. Masaaki Imai Gemba Kaizen has two parts. The first half is a general theory where Masaaki describes all the tools necessary for any type of business to implement
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Lean Quote: Seek Multiple Views0
- Lean Quote
- September 28, 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: Michel Baudin0
- Meet-up
- September 26, 2012
Today on the Meet-up, blogger Michel Baudin is here to share his thoughts. Michel Baudin’s Blog serves as means to share ideas from manufacturing operations. He works to understand the human and technical dynamics of manufacturing, and to contribute to their improvement. Michel has a wealth of experience from implementing manufacturing improvements and drive for continuous learning. Who
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2 Second Lean Book Review0
- Book Review
- September 24, 2012
Paul Akers, founder and president of FastCap, has published his first book 2 Second Lean: How to Grow People and Build a Fun Lean Culture at Work and at Home. I have been following Paul for several years as he has built FastCap into one of the model Lean Companies in this modern age. So now
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Lean Quote: Inspiration Through Listening and Effective Communication0
- Lean Quote
- September 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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Meet-up: Lean Simulation’s Martin Boersema0
- Meet-up
- September 19, 2012
Today on the Meet-up, I am happy to introduce you to Martin Boersema. Martin is a Lean practitioner from the Toronto area and creator of the blog Lean Simulations. The goal of this site is to create a resource or repository for training simulations, videos, and other tools for sharing and learning. I have followed
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Daily Lean Tips Edition #360
- Lean Tips
- September 18, 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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Making Quality Faster Is All About the Delivery and Feedback of Value0
- ASQ's Influential Voices
- September 17, 2012
In this month’s post by ASQ’s President Paul Borawski he asks that we share some of the ways the practice of quality is changing to meet the needs of faster, faster, faster. Quality is an ever evolving perception by the customer of the value provided by a product. It is not a static perception that
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Lean Quote: Using Lean As Only A Tool Will Leave You Disappointed0
- Lean Quote
- September 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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