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Book Review: Death By Meeting0
- Book Review
- February 23, 2011
At work our library is near our cafeteria so while heating up lunch I often sneak over to the library to browse. The other day this book title “Death By Meeting” caught my eye. While meetings are an essential to effective management of organizations, they seem to be a source of tension, struggle and ineffectiveness. Death By
READ MOREMy Day Job as a Lean Practitioner at OFS0
- A Lean Journey
- February 22, 2011
Many of you may wonder what I do when I am not writing blog posts. Well, I practice what I preach. I am a Lean Practitioner (Lean Manufucturing Leader) at OFS Speciatly Photonics Division. I am responsible for teaching Lean thinking principles and countermeasure techniques while ensuring we continue our journey in pursuit of “True
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Adopt Seventeen Principles to Remove Wasted Movement0
- Lean Basics
- February 21, 2011
Motion waste occurs when people move without adding value to the product. This type of waste includes all the motion in operator’s bodies that occurs when they process materials: foot and hand motion, and torso movements such as bending, reaching, lifting, and so on. Hiroyuki Hirano defined waste as “everything that is not absolutely essential.”
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Lean Quote: Small Improvements are a Sustainable Competitive Advantage0
- Lean Quote
- February 18, 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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Book Review: Leading Change0
- Book Review
- February 16, 2011
Okay, this isn’t a new book but nonetheless one I recently read. Actually, when it first came out I wasn’t even in manufacturing and I am not sure it would have made sense. But having been part of a number of Lean transformations including leading them myself when I saw this book on the shelf
READ MOREThe Card Factory Video – Teaching our Youth0
- Lean in Practice
- February 15, 2011
I know Christmas is over but there is still something to learn from making Christmas cards. The following video explains Lean thinking principles from kids making cards for their families. Now this video is not too different than many others that explain the difference between the traditional push and a better pull manufacturing process. But
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Empowerment Can’t Be Willed0
- Leadership, Sharing Best Practices
- February 14, 2011
An empowered workforce is something that is highly desirable in an improvement culture. Unfortunately, just because we want it, it doesn’t make it so, as this comic highlights. Leaders of the organization must create the conditions for empowerment. Here are 10 ways to be better at empowerment: Be clear in your communication. When you express
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Lean Quote: Room for Improvement0
- Lean Quote
- February 11, 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
READ MOREDaily Lean Tips Edition #90
- Lean Tips
- February 9, 2011
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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