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10 Tips for Good Listening 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- April 26, 2010
The first step in becoming a good communicator is to learn how to listen. You think that you already know how to listen, but many people have more trouble with this seemingly simple activity than you realize. They may hear the words, but that isn’t the same as listening. Here are ten useful tips that
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Lean Quote of the Day, April 23, 2010 0
- Lean Quote
- April 23, 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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Laws of Manufacturing 0
- Lean Basics
- April 21, 2010
Manufacturing operations are governed by a series of laws. Wallace J. Hopp and Mark L. Spearman, developed and mathematically proved a series of fundamental relationships in manufacturing. These were captured in their book Factory Physics. The “laws” of Factory Physics describe the underlying logistical behavior of manufacturing systems, including the fundamental relationships between basic performance
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Lean and the Rhode Island Experience 0
- A Lean Journey, Podcast
- April 19, 2010
This past week I had an amazing trip to Rhode Island. It started with visit to VIBCO, who manufactures high-quality, low maintenance industrial vibrators, construction vibrators and other vibratory equipment. VIBCO practices lean manufacturing and is committed to True North which they characterize as quality, throughput, innovation and same day, next day service. During my
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Lean Quote of the Day, April 16, 2010 0
- Lean Quote
- April 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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Exciting News from A Lean Journey!0
- A Lean Journey
- April 13, 2010
I will be a guest on the world famous The Lean Nation radio show Thursday, April 15 from 4-5pm (ET) on 790 AM Talk and Business, hosted by Karl Wadensten. We’re going to discuss what it means to lead in a lean environment, specifically frontline leadership. This is an important topic and I’m looking forward to sharing my
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