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Book Review: Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream0
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- 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
READ MORELean Quote, July 16, 2010: Leadership0
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- 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
READ MOREGood Advice for Anytime0
- 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
READ MORELean Quote, July 9, 2010: Courage to Succeed0
- 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
READ MOREFlow Requires “No” Vision0
- Lean Basics
- July 7, 2010
When Henry Ford introduced flow production in 1913, the objective was to drastically reduce throughput time and human effort. Continuous flow is producing and moving one item at a time (or a small batch of items) through a series of processes as continuously as possible. Flow is one of five key Lean Principles identified by
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