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Using Your Smartphone as Productivity Tool0
- Lean in Practice, Visual Factory
- September 19, 2011
When people talk about productivity and smartphones the conversation is usually about being able to stay connected or some app touting productivity. Both of these are true and are much of the reason people get a smartphone. They are wonderfully powerful devices that continue to transform the way we do things. In a recent post
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Made in America – The Northeast Shingo Prize Conference0
- In the News, Sharing Best Practices
- September 17, 2011
Consider attending the Northeast Lean Conference in Springfield, MA on October 5-6, 2011. The theme is “Made Lean in America” and the idea is to gather hundreds of people to make a strong statement about the ability of companies to use lean to remain a strong and vital part of the American economy. For these
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Lean Quote: Fostering a Positive Self-Image0
- Lean Quote
- September 16, 2011
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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Ryder’s Five LEAN Guiding Principles0
- Lean Resources, Sharing Best Practices
- September 15, 2011
Frequent readers of this blog know I like to share good Lean examples as well as resources you can use to keep learning. Today’s post combines both elements into one. Ryder System, Inc., a provider of leading-edge transportation, logistics and supply chain management solutions, defines their Lean thinking process and principles. The key to delivering long-term
READ MOREGoal: 2 Second Improvement Every Day for Life0
- Sharing Best Practices
- September 13, 2011
Paul Akers describes his approach to teaching lean principles of productivity improvement this way: “All I do is ask everybody to make a two-second improvement a day for the rest of their life.” An accumulation of two-second improvements and a relentless emphasis on lean methods have helped build FastCap from a single product—a peel-and-stick cover for
READ MOREAn Introduction to 5S plus Safety0
- Lean Basics
- September 12, 2011
A reader recently asked me for some information on implementing 5S in their factory. Even though I shared my 6S posters a couple weeks ago I thought I could still share some more. 5S was developed, as with so many of today’s best practice tools, in Japan. 5S is the name of a workplace organization
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Remembering September 11th Ten Years Later0
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- September 11, 2011
Ten years ago on September 11th The United States of America was attacked by a terrorist organization (al-Qaeda) led by Osama bin Laden. On September 11, 2001 on American soil, terrorist hijacked four planes. Two of them planes purposely crashed into the World Trades Center towers. The third struck the Pentagon and the last, Flight
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Lean Quote: Gang up on the Problem, Not Each Other0
- Lean Quote
- September 9, 2011
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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Guest Post: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle…0
- Guest Post, Lean and Green
- September 8, 2011
Today’s post is by Rich Hoover, the Director of Sustainability for Libbey Glass, global manufacturers of drinking glasses and other glass tableware. Libbey has been working at integrating Lean into their global operations since 2004 and have recognized sustainability as a business imperative since early 2010. In this post Rich explains the important hierarchy of the
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