Sharing Best Practices

What Makes A Happy Worker VS A Sad Worker?0
- Respect For People, Sharing Best Practices
- February 5, 2013
There is a lot of discussion and focus on employee happiness and whether happy employees are more productive or harder working. Maybe employers should begin taking a look at their sad or disengaged workers to determine if it is their position or job they are happy performing or not. Many companies use HR training in
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Lean Metrics Should Accurately Reflect the Process to Maximize Performance 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- February 4, 2013
On The Lean Edge Blog, last week was a discussion on Lean metrics. The question was, “Is there a Lean way to measure productivity?” I thought I would add my thought to the conversation. It is not enough to simply create a numeric measure. The measure should accurately reflect the process. We use metrics to
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Don’t Blame the Operator, Ask One More Why 0
- Quality, Sharing Best Practices
- January 14, 2013
Operator error is often used in corrective action as a cause of failure. Although operators can make errors, operator error is not an acceptable cause of failure because it is not actionable. It is very often overused by the lazy or those who don’t know any better but human error can almost always be mitigated.
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Ten New Year’s Changes for Lean Leaders Transforming Culture 0
- Lean Management, Sharing Best Practices
- January 2, 2013
It’s that time of year again when many are making personal resolutions for change. But as I said yesterday I recommend forgetting the whole concept of resolutions and concentrating on setting goals instead. For most managers the beginning of New Year means establishing a new set of objectives. This is a good time to reflect
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Forget about Resolutions, Focus on the Process 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- January 1, 2013
With the hustle of the holidays over we turn to the New Year, where many individuals are honing in on their New Year’s resolution. For many, it may be an opportunity to assess their struggles of the previous year or to wallow in their triumphs. Unfortunately, many fail to keep those resolutions. Personally I recommend
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Twas a 5S Christmas 0
- 5S, Sharing Best Practices
- December 24, 2012
The folks over at Graphic Products received this great holiday poem which they shared in their newsletter. I thought it would be great to share with all of you. Anonymous, 2012 ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the plant Machines were not running; production was scant. We’d been forced to shut down and
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