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Review: Lean Thinking Cards 0
- Lean Resources
- February 3, 2011
The Lean educator in me is always looking for effective ways to teach and reinforce Lean Thinking. I recently had the opportunity to review a great educational product called the Lean Product Cards. The Lean Thinking Pocket Cards pictured above were created by Pascal Dennis teach Lean concepts with a light touch. The images are funny, intuitive,
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Superbowl Commercial: 5S Shuffle 0
- Lean Fun
- February 2, 2011
My friends over at 5S Supply have created a superbowl commercial just in time for the big game this weekend. As you can understand, they didn’t have a lot to spend on a commercial so they brought back a classic – with a twist of course. Since their beloved Bears (they’re near Chicago) didn’t make it to the show
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Lean Lessons from a Snowstorm 0
- Lean in Practice
- January 31, 2011
In the northeastern part of the US we have received some record snow falls in the last few weeks. All this snow got me thinking on the way home that there are some lean lessons we can take away from these snowstorms. Forecasts are inaccurate. You can only count on actual demand. We have all
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Lean Quote: Create a Learning Environment 0
- Lean Quote
- January 28, 2011
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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Poka Yoke – Make Process Easier (Video)0
- Sharing Best Practices
- January 26, 2011
Mistake-proofing is the use of process design features to facilitate correct actions, prevent simple errors, or mitigate the negative impact of errors. Poka-yoke is Japanese slang for mistake-proofing, a term coined by Shigeo Shingo. Here is a good example of mistake proofing a process by Paul Aker at Fastcap. For more on Poka Yoke visit Mistake
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Book Review: The Toyota Mindset 0
- Book Review
- January 25, 2011
When I started my journey into Lean Thinking the likes of Taiichi Ohno and Shigeo Shingo, the founders of the Toyota Production System, were gone. I consider myself the next generation of Lean implementers, learning from those who learned from the best. My own sensei worked for Toyota for 30 years and often told stories
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