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  • Respect for People – Support Japan

    Respect for People – Support Japan0

    Source of Photo : AP The last several days has been consumed with news from Japan after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake and devastating tsunami.  My company OFS is owned by FEC, a Japanese manufacturer, so I have been in touch with a number of colleagues since this disaster.  We have been fortunate that no employees

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  • 12 Ways to Start Building a Continuous Improvement Culture

    12 Ways to Start Building a Continuous Improvement Culture0

    Last week, Jeff Hajek from Gotta Go Lean Blog and myself gave a webinar on building a continuous improvement culture. We highlighted 12 areas of focus based on our experience implementing and teaching Lean thinking. Here are the slides from this webinar: 12 Ways To Start Building a Continuous Improvement Culture View more presentations from

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  • Personal Kanban Kaizen – It’s all Digital

    Personal Kanban Kaizen – It’s all Digital0

    In two earlier posts I wrote about the benefits of a personal kanban and showed my first kanban system. One of the weaknesses of this board was the lack of portability of the system with the amount time I spend out of the office.  So I have created digital personal kanban system. LeanKit Kanban allows you to create a

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  • Lean Quote: Motivation Tips for Managers0

    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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  • FastCap Comedy: Fix What Bugs You

    FastCap Comedy: Fix What Bugs You0

    I have talked about FastCap and their improvement videos here before.  Now there is a bit a humor from the folks at FastCap. While this video is a little bit comedic there are still valuable lessons to be learned: 1.  Fix what bugs you – make your job easier. 2.  Go to the shop floor –

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  • Book Review: e2 Continuous Improvement System

    Book Review: e2 Continuous Improvement System0

    The Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership’s (GBMP) Bruce Hamilton and Pat Wardwell have written a new book, e2 Continuous Improvement System.  Bruce Hamilton is infamous from the Toast Kaizen video and Pat is on the AME regional board with me so I was looking forward to reviewing their book.   e2 stands for “everybody, everyday” a

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