Lean Management

Lean Management from the Gemba 0
- Lean Management
- April 2, 2014
http://money.cnn.com/ A Lean implementation can not be sustained without Lean management. Our management system must change as our production system changes in Lean to maintain the integrity of technical changes over time. A Lean management system comprises of the practices and tools used to monitor, measure, and sustain the operation of Lean production operations. Lean
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Lean Leadership Lessons From The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics 0
- In the News, Lean Management
- February 19, 2014
Like millions of others from around the globe I have been glued to the TV watching the winter Olympics from Sochi. Once again the eyes of the world are on its best and brightest athletes as they attempt to push the human body to new limits, and remind us that our best human qualities —
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Ten Lean Lessons That Building Legos Has Taught Me 0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- February 10, 2014
My kids enjoy playing with Legos so it is no surprise that they got some new sets for Christmas. The last few weeks have been fun filled with these little bricks building cars, houses, and other scenes. As I look at this time together I can’t help but think there are a number of Lean
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7 Steps Successful Lean Leaders Take Support Improvement 0
- Lean Management
- February 5, 2014
Leadership commitment and support is critical for successful process improvement initiatives. Fortunately, it is not particularly complicated to make a difference. Here are seven steps that leaders can take to support Lean process improvement efforts. 1. Set Goals Create a vision of the future state and determine where to focus your efforts. Lean is often
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Steps to the Crucial World Class “No Blame” Environment 0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- January 27, 2014
People want to do a good job. They really do! And doing a good job today means working in a safe-from-ridicule environment where we can learn from mistakes and look at them as opportunities to learn more about our processes in order to make them more trouble-free. It’s this kind of thinking that gets us
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What Do We Mean By True North?0
- Lean Definition, Lean Management
- January 22, 2014
“True North” is a key concept in Lean process improvement. It is an idiom that emerged from Toyota twenty years ago, connotes the compass needle for Lean transformation. True North works as a compass proving a guide to take an organization from the current condition to where they want to be. It might be viewed
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