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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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Best Kanban Board Tools for Project Management 0
- Guest Post
- November 6, 2017
Modern teams need clarity, speed, and visibility to stay productive. If your organization is struggling with missed deadlines, communication gaps, or overloaded employees, adopting one of the best Kanban board tools for project management can dramatically improve how work flows across your team. Kanban systems focus on visual task management, helping teams prioritize work, reduce
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Lean Quote: Lean Goes Beyond Tools 0
- Lean Quote
- November 3, 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 Tips Edition #116 (1741 -1755)0
- Lean Tips
- November 1, 2017
For my Facebook fans you already know about this great feature. But for those of you that are not connected to A Lean Journey on Facebook or Twitter I post daily a feature I call Lean Tips. It is meant to be advice, things I learned from experience, and some knowledge tidbits about Lean to
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Lean Quote: Lean is Meant to Involve the Whole Company 0
- Lean Quote
- October 27, 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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2 Second Lean 3rd Edition Book Review 0
- Book Review
- October 25, 2017
Paul Akers, founder and president of FastCap, has published his first book 2 Second Lean: How to Grow People and Build a Fun Lean Culture at Work and at Home. I have been following Paul for several years as he has built FastCap into one of the model Lean Companies in this modern age. So now that
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