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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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Employee Engagement in Lean – Promotional Video 0
- Culture
- February 15, 2016
Here is a great video to start your week off about engaged employees in Lean. Adam Tartt, COO of MyEmployees, encourages you to start the process of Lean manufacturing in this music video. Music Instrumental | Silento (Watch Me) Adam attributes Paul Akers‘ ideas and enthusiasm for Lean manufacturing for the creation of their company
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Lean Quote: Improvement is Not for the Faint of Heart 0
- Lean Quote
- February 12, 2016
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 #90 (1351 -1365)0
- Lean Tips
- February 10, 2016
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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Four Reason Accountability is a Key Component of Lean Management 0
- Lean Management
- February 8, 2016
Lean management is a leadership approach that supports continuous improvement through collaborative problem solving. Rather than leading from the top down, Lean managers strive to actively engage their teams in the improvement process in order to promote personal and organizational success. The basic components of Lean management are: Standard work (SW). Tasks are broken into a
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Lean Quote: It’s Not What The Vision Is, It’s What The Vision Does 0
- Lean Quote
- February 5, 2016
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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