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Get Aligned With OARRs 0
- Lean Management, Lean Office
- May 23, 2022
Effective meetings require careful planning and management. Preparing for a meeting involves more than reserving a room, setting up a few chairs and plugging in the coffee. Thinking through the basics of the meeting will help cement a successful effort when the simple acronym O.A.R.R.’s is employed. O. Desired Outcomes: If a meeting is needed
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Lean Administration: Time based Improvement Not Cost Savings 0
- Lean Office
- November 8, 2017
If you are simply using Lean principles to improve manufacturing processes you are sub-optimizing your business and will not resolve the bigger issues. Every business has administration processes that include engineering drawings, invoices, purchase orders, production orders, production scheduling, etc.. Therefore, developing an integrated Lean business system to support the manufacturing processes will benefit any
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8 Wastes in the Lean Office 0
- Lean Office
- February 13, 2017
The manufacturing process is not the only area of a company that incurs waste on a regular basis. Although most of us focus on the factory floor to identify the improvements needed to increase our competitiveness, many companies find abundant opportunities for waste reduction in the office. In the office environment, the 8 classic waste
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The 8 Common Wastes in an Office That Cause Downtime 0
- Lean Office
- February 12, 2013
Applying Lean to office processes is an often misunderstood concept. Many efforts at lean office often fall by the wayside since measuring improvement is nearly impossible. It is important to analyze the office processes themselves to determine how to apply lean appropriately. The best way to accomplish this is to first understand how the seven
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Three Styles of Communicating and Meetings 0
- Lean Office, Teamwork
- April 17, 2012
Communication is essential for effective functioning in every part of an organization. Although marketing, production, finance, personnel, and maintenance departments may receive direction from corporate goals and objectives, communication links them together and facilitates organizational success. Meetings are a common means of communicating in organizations. Although the reasons people meet are varied, meetings generally fall
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Save Your Inbox with 5S for Email Management 0
- Lean in Practice, Lean Office
- April 4, 2012
Email has become the most convenient—and overwhelming—way to communicate in modern offices. Overflowing inboxes, constant notifications, and unnecessary CCs reduce focus and create daily frustration. While many time-management tricks exist, a more sustainable solution lies in Email productivity using Lean principles. In Lean thinking, 5S for email management applies the same discipline used on factory
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