Sharing Best Practices

Yokoten, Best Practice Sharing Across Everywhere 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- March 6, 2017
Yokoten is a Japanese term that can be roughly translated as “across everywhere.” In the Japanese lean system, it is used to mean “best practice sharing.” Yokoten, the term Toyota adopted to capture the idea of horizontal transfer of information and knowledge across an organization. Yokoten encourages sharing of data across the organization. To Yokoten
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Lean by Doing: Accelerating Continuous Improvement 0
- Conference, Sharing Best Practices
- September 21, 2016
We’re only a few short weeks away from GBMP’s 12th Annual Northeast Lean Conference. This year’s conference in Worcester, MA October 4 – 5, 2016 emphasizes the tacit nature of implementing Lean, the importance of tying together the technical and social sides of Lean, the significance of management’s involvement and the ability of organizations to
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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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8 Benefits of Benchmarking 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- February 17, 2016
8 Benefits of Benchmarking in Manufacturing In today’s highly competitive world, businesses are constantly seeking performance improvement strategies to stay ahead. One of the most effective methods is benchmarking in manufacturing—a process that allows organizations to compare their operations, processes, and results against the best in the industry or even across industries. By systematically analyzing
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A Better Way: Leadership, Development, and Engagement – Northeast Lean Conference Recap Day 2 0
- Leadership, Sharing Best Practices
- October 7, 2015
Yesterday I shared a couple highlights from Day 1 of the 11th Annual Northeast Lean Conference. Today we’ll continue with a recap of learnings from day 2. The morning kicked off with a presentation from Norman Bodek who discovered and published many of the original Toyota works and an initiator of the Shingo Prize in
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Skills, Habits, and Behaviors for Improvement – Northeast Lean Conference Day 1 Recap 0
- Leadership, Sharing Best Practices
- October 6, 2015
Last week I spent a couple days at The 11th Annual Northeast Shingo Prize Conference in Springfield, MA. The wonderful conference hosted by GBMP was an exhilarating learning experience for me so I thought I would share some of those nuggets with you. The first presentation was from my friend Dan Markovitz about his new
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