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Common Myths of Bottlenecks 0
- Lean Basics
- July 21, 2010
The complexity of operations has increased tremendously since the days of Henry Ford and therefore requiress more thinking. The identification of the bottleneck becomes much more difficult as we move from the high volume low variety repetitive manufacturing scenario towards low volume high variety job shops and finally to the project environment. In a recent post I
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Book Review: Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream 0
- Book Review
- July 19, 2010
I just finished reading the latest publication from the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream by Robert Martichenko and Kevin von Grabe. The authors define the critical principles of a lean fulfillment stream and the total cost of fulfillment. A fulfillment stream is: all of the activities that move materials and information
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Lean Quote, July 16, 2010: Leadership 0
- Lean Quote
- July 16, 2010
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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Good Advice for Anytime 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- July 14, 2010
I recently came across a good video that outlines several strategies for dealing with the recession. These strategies come from Tom Peters, self proclaimed uber-guru, speaker, and author of recently released The Little Big Things: 163 Ways to Pursue EXCELLENCE. Tom was apparently asked what you can do to deal with tough times. While he
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Do You Know How to Handle Your Constraint?0
- Lean Basics
- July 12, 2010
A recent plant visit was a real lesson in constraint management. What I have found is that we have a weak knowledge of how to identify a bottleneck and how to effectively manage this constraint. To discuss this subject it is important to start with defining the distinction between a constraint and a bottleneck. A
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Lean Quote, July 9, 2010: Courage to Succeed 0
- Lean Quote
- July 9, 2010
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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