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Daily Lean Tip Edition #47 0
- Lean Tips
- May 14, 2013
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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15 Tell-Tale Signs of Eventual Quality Failure Looming in Your Business 0
- Quality
- May 13, 2013
The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Explosion Product quality problems don’t happen overnight, nor are they the result of a crippled procedure or one poorly conceived policy. The problems have brewed over time, sending out signals that risks to product quality are growing. A breakdown of quality is not an event. It is a
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Lean Quote: Eliminate Rework and Scrap to Save Time and Money 0
- Lean Quote
- May 10, 2013
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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10 Signs of a Non-Lean Manager Who Disengages the Workforce 0
- L.A.M.E., Lean Management
- May 8, 2013
Companies with poor management practices typically have employees who are disengaged. While a disengaged workforce is a symptom of substandard leadership, just what constitutes bad management? Here are a few problematic practices and signs I believe should be axed: 1. Bad Communication Few things cause employees to tune out faster than a management team that
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Book Review: The Laws of Subtraction 0
- Book Review
- May 7, 2013
Less is indeed more in our age of excess in everything. Our lives have become complicated, overwhelming, and more demanding. Award winning author Matthew E. May has an answer for this in his book The Laws of Subtraction. Subtraction is defined simply as the art of removing anything excessive, confusing, wasteful, unnatural, hazardous, hard to
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Top 10 Reason Why Lean Transformation Fails 0
- Change Management, Lean Management
- May 6, 2013
I believe when Lean principles are properly understood and applied, the upside for productivity improvements is nearly infinite. I have personally witnessed numerous Lean thinking initiatives that have improved productivity by large amounts (like 40-60%) in short periods of time with minimal expenditures. The Lean track record is well documented by numerous authors. Despite the
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