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  • Remembering September 11th Ten Years Later0

    Ten years ago on September 11th The United States of America was attacked by a terrorist organization (al-Qaeda) led by Osama bin Laden. On September 11, 2001 on American soil, terrorist hijacked four planes. Two of them planes purposely crashed into the World Trades Center towers. The third struck the Pentagon and the last, Flight

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  • Lean Quote: Gang up on the Problem, Not Each Other

    Lean Quote: Gang up on the Problem, Not Each Other0

    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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  • Guest Post: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle…

    Guest Post: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle…0

    Today’s post is by Rich Hoover, the Director of Sustainability for Libbey Glass, global manufacturers of drinking glasses and other glass tableware. Libbey has been working at integrating Lean into their global operations since 2004 and have recognized sustainability as a business imperative since early 2010. In this post Rich explains the important hierarchy of the

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  • Daily Lean Tips Edition #19

    Daily Lean Tips Edition #190

    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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  • Advice on Creating a Kaizen Event Charter

    Advice on Creating a Kaizen Event Charter0

    A reader recently asked me share some suggestions on a Kaizen/Team Charter.  So before we get into that it is important to note that while I like to strive for small incremental improvements daily larger scale events also have a necessary place in continuous improvement.  This is especially true for most in the early years

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  • Celebrating the Worker This Labor Day

    Celebrating the Worker This Labor Day0

    Labor Day celebrations have come a long way since the turn of the century. It’s not so much an honoring of the workers anymore. It’s just an opportunity to get off work, and celebrate the end of summer (if that’s something to celebrate). Many people see the Labor Day weekend as merely an opportunity for

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