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Tips for Running an Effective Daily Management Meeting 0
- Daily Management, Lean Management
- February 7, 2024
In today’s fast-paced manufacturing and service environments, an efficient and consistent Daily Management System is one of the most powerful ways to drive performance, boost team alignment, and create a culture of Lean continuous improvement. When done right, these meetings keep frontline teams focused, help leaders quickly identify issues, and ensure that every day starts
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5 Continuous Improvement Ideas to Strengthen Lean Performance 0
- Lean Management, Sharing Best Practices
- February 5, 2024
In today’s competitive environment, organizations can quickly fall behind if they are not actively refining how work gets done. Whether or not you have full executive buy-in, applying continuous improvement ideas can help teams streamline processes, reduce waste, and build a culture of accountability. Many successful companies rely on lean continuous improvement practices and Kaizen
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Got to the Gemba with a Plan and Purpose 0
- Lean Management
- January 11, 2023
You can’t make the right decisions from the meeting room. You have to go, watch, and learn. In Lean, we talk about “going to the Gemba” or Gemba Walks. The Gemba means the “place where value is created”. The idea is simple; if you want to improve your business, you need to learn more about
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Management by Wandering Around is Not a Thing 0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- January 9, 2023
Recently I was reviewing a management book by AMA that described many management practices to improve your ability. There was one that struck me as a bit outdated, Management by Wandering Around, also management by walking around (MBWA). In the early 1980’s, management gurus Tom Peters and Robert Waterman used the term ‘management by walking
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Too Many Initiatives, Too Much Overload 0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- October 17, 2022
Having too many initiatives is a common problem in our workplaces. Leaders pile “critical” work onto everybody’s to-do list and stress levels increase. Cracks start to appear in the fabric of our teams as the pressure mounts. When there are too many priorities on which to realistically focus our effort, the feeling of progress we
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7 Pitfalls to Avoid When Selection the Right Metrics 0
- Lean Management
- August 15, 2022
Choosing the right metrics is critical to success, but the road to good metrics is fraught with pitfalls. As your endeavors to become more metrics-driven, beware of errors in the design and use of metrics. Here I compile the most common mistakes that teams are committing when using metrics, so you’ll know what not to
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