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Be Thankful This Thanksgiving 0
- Respect For People
- November 20, 2017
It is that time of the year again, when families and friends come together and celebrate the preamble to the Holiday season. Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for all of the great, influential people in our lives. Our immediate outpouring of gratitude always seems to focus on families and friends, the turkey, stuffing
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Lean Quote: Developing Excellent Communication Skills is Absolutely Essential to Effective Leadership 0
- Lean Quote
- November 17, 2017
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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The Seven Steps of Problem Solving 0
- Problem Solving
- November 15, 2017
Problems are expected in the course of business. A successful organization is not determined by the absence of problems. Rather, success is measured by how we solve the problems that do emerge. The seven-step “root cause” problem solving process is a logical, commonsense method to solve any type of problem. It provides a road map
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Guest Post: Empowering Others 0
- Empowerment, Guest Post
- November 13, 2017
A manager who has created empowered employees is a happy manager. However, achieving this state is not an easy battle and requires a great deal of strategy and restraint. You are a manager. Your job is not to do one job extremely well anymore. However, your brain is still programmed to seek the challenge and
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Lean Quote: Priorities and the Rule of Three 0
- Lean Quote
- November 10, 2017
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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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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