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GBMP’s WIP It Video0
- Lean Fun
- July 29, 2012
My friends at GBMP sent me a great video yesterday. Bruce Hamilton (a.k.a. Mr. Toast) and the GBMP team sing a little jingle to Devo on WIP. Excess inventory, be it raw material, work-in-process (WIP) or finished goods just results in waste, stagnation, quality risks, excess lead-time, increased costs, etc. etc. In fact “excess inventory
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Lean Quote: Mistakes are the Portals of Discovery0
- Lean Quote
- July 27, 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: Gotta Go Lean’s Jeff Hajek0
- Meet-up
- July 25, 2012
Today’s guest on the Meet-up is my good friend Jeff Hajek. Many reader’s of this blog know Jeff from the Webinars we have done together over the last couple of years. I have been fortunate to collaborate with Jeff because I have learned so much from him. We share a passion of continuous improvement, learning,
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My Tribute to Stephen Covey0
- In the News
- July 24, 2012
The well-known author, Stephen R. Covey, who impacted the world with his books and self-help products died on Monday, July 16, 2012. Covey died in Idaho Falls, Idaho in the hospital with his wife and all of his 9 children at his side. His death was due to complications from a fall, having lost control
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Lean, Quality, and Social Responsibility0
- ASQ's Influential Voices
- July 23, 2012
This month on ASQ’s blog Paul poses an important question about making the case for quality and social responsibility. When executives understand they can save money, reduce risk, and enhance their reputation by being socially responsible–they will. Who better than the quality community to provide the needed education? In Lean we talk of two main
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Lean Quote Impossible Is Not a Fact. It’s an Opinion.0
- Lean Quote
- July 20, 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: Beyond Lean’s Joe Wilson0
- Meet-up
- July 18, 2012
Joe Wilson, who blogs at Beyond Lean, is the subject of our Meet-up today. Joe has been involved with Lean and continuous improvement activities for over a decade in multiple industries. He shares his experience and real world examples in his writing which makes it highly relateable. Who are you and what do you do?
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Check to Solve Problems0
- Lean Basics
- July 17, 2012
A simple, pragmatic problem solving methodology is the Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) approach. It begins with a Planning phase in which the problem is clearly identified and understood. Potential solutions are then generated and tested on a small scale in the “Do” phase, and the outcome of this testing is evaluated during the Check
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10 Signs of a L.A.M.E. Company, Not a Lean Company0
- L.A.M.E.
- July 16, 2012
Unfortunately, there are many examples of Lean mistakenly implemented. A few years ago Mark Graban, blogger at Lean Blog, coined the term “L.A.M.E.” — Lean As Misguidedly Executed. L.A.M.E. includes those things that people call “Lean” but really aren’t a good representation of true Lean mindsets and practices. In order to fully understand Lean and
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