Lean Roundup #199 – December 2025
- Lean Roundup
- December 29, 2025

Finally, there is a book on Lean leadership for executives. Bob Emiliani, the author of the Real Lean series of books, has revealed the secrets of Lean management. Moving Forward Faster, The Mental Evolution from Fake Lean to REAL Lean explains the advantage of Lean management over conventional managment. Bob looks at the economic, social, political, and historical
READ MOREFor 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
READ MOREOn 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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At work our library is near our cafeteria so while heating up lunch I often sneak over to the library to browse. The other day this book title “Death By Meeting” caught my eye. While meetings are an essential to effective management of organizations, they seem to be a source of tension, struggle and ineffectiveness. Death By
READ MOREMany of you may wonder what I do when I am not writing blog posts. Well, I practice what I preach. I am a Lean Practitioner (Lean Manufucturing Leader) at OFS Speciatly Photonics Division. I am responsible for teaching Lean thinking principles and countermeasure techniques while ensuring we continue our journey in pursuit of “True
READ MOREMotion waste occurs when people move without adding value to the product. This type of waste includes all the motion in operator’s bodies that occurs when they process materials: foot and hand motion, and torso movements such as bending, reaching, lifting, and so on. Hiroyuki Hirano defined waste as “everything that is not absolutely essential.”
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