Lean in Practice

10 Tips to a Better Value Stream Map 0
- Lean Basics, Lean in Practice
- March 18, 2019
Business is growing more competitive every day. In order to keep up with customer demand and expectations, companies are having to work faster and be more efficient than ever before. A VSM activity can help to identify and better coordinate operational teams and process segments that are integral to the overall process. To understand value
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Digital Leader Standard Work With HabitHub 0
- Lean in Practice, Sharing Best Practices
- April 26, 2017
Several months ago I talked about the importance of leader standard work. There is no such thing as self-sustainability, it requires ongoing effort. Organizations need to follow a disciplined process of on-going activity by all. Leader Standard Work is the system that provides a structure and routine for leaders. It set standards for expected behaviors of
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Six Principles of Mistake Proofing 0
- Lean Basics, Lean in Practice
- July 20, 2016
Some may say that it’s impossible to eliminate mistakes. And they are right; it is, most of the time. But, to be honest, they are missing the point. Poka yoke, or mistake proofing, describes any behavior changing constraint that is built into a process to prevent an incorrect operation or act occurring. The three aims
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Lean PD App 0
- Lean in Practice, Sharing Best Practices
- July 13, 2016
Paul Akers has developed a new app that is a simple and elegant way to develop powerful daily habits. The Lean PD app (available in the App Store and Google Play) is the most effective way to develop yourself! Lean=efficient or elimination of waste. PD=personal development. So, Lean PD is the efficient way to personally develop yourself
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The Best Meeting of the Day, The Standup Meeting 0
- Lean in Practice
- April 13, 2016
Photo Courtesy of Visual Management Blog A stand-up meeting is a daily team meeting held to provide a status update to the team members. This meeting is also referred to as Obeya in Japanese, meaning “the big room”; in agile circles a “scrum” or huddle; and in the automotive industry “fast response”. The purpose of
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5 Reasons Why Suggestion Boxes Fail 0
- Lean in Practice
- April 4, 2016
Many organizations want to harness the ideas for improvement that naturally exist in their employees. Suggestion boxes are a common, but ineffective, way to engage employees in continuous improvement. They’re usually implemented with the best of intentions by managers who genuinely want to hear their employees’ improvement ideas, but the boxes fail to produce the
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