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Celebrating the Worker This Labor Day0
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- September 5, 2011
Labor Day celebrations have come a long way since the turn of the century. It’s not so much an honoring of the workers anymore. It’s just an opportunity to get off work, and celebrate the end of summer (if that’s something to celebrate). Many people see the Labor Day weekend as merely an opportunity for
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Lean Quote: People Want More Recognition0
- Lean Quote
- September 2, 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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Make a Statement about Manufacturing in America0
- Lean Resources
- September 1, 2011
The North American Shingo Prize recognizes business excellence in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It was established to create increased awareness, development, and implementation of lean manufacturing principles and techniques. The goal of the North American Shingo Prize is to make manufacturing facilities and other industries more competitive in the global marketplace, illustrating how world-class results
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The Lean Desk, Evolution of Continuous Improvement0
- Sharing Best Practices
- August 30, 2011
Recently, I wrote about the importance of the stand-up desk for health and ergonomics. Have you changed the way you think about a conventional office yet? If you are still contemplating this or you need some ideas to get you started then I have a video for you. Paul Akers takes you on his lean
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Benchmarking: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly0
- Sharing Best Practices
- August 29, 2011
When organizations want to improve their performance, they often benchmark. Benchmarking is the process of comparing one’s business processes and performance metrics to industry bests and/or best practices from other industries. The discussion of whether benchmarking is good or bad is an old one. Benchmarking can be an effective means to learn new skills and
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Lean Quote: You Can’t Recycle Wasted Time0
- Lean Quote
- August 26, 2011
Within Lean thinking, time is one of the most valuable and limited resources. As emphasized in the Taiichi Ohno Lean Philosophy on Waste Reduction, every form of waste—especially wasted time—directly impacts productivity, flow, and value creation. “One thing you can’t recycle is wasted time.” — From Taiichi Ohno If you search the internet, you will
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An Epic Lean Kitchen0
- Sharing Best Practices, Visual Factory
- August 24, 2011
My buddy Paul Akers at FastCap shares another great example of applying Lean thinking and techniques to make our life easier. This time he takes us into the kitchen at FastCap where the use of visual controls and standard work are examined. I wonder if any of you will take any of these ideas and implement
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Top 10 Rules of Time Management0
- Lean Basics, Sharing Best Practices
- August 23, 2011
Time management truly is critical to becoming productive, doing everything you want to, and achieving ultimate success. “Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” – Jim Rohn Therefore it is imperative we learn to manage the finite amount of time we do have to make
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Time is Golden: 7 Rules of Time Management0
- Lean Basics, Sharing Best Practices
- August 22, 2011
by ~Walkington Time is one of the most important commodities that we have. But we are often bombarded with more tasks than we can keep up with. This can result in our most important things being shifted to second place just out of necessity. In order to counter act this you must fully understand time.
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