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Quote of the Day 11/27/09 0
- Lean Quote
- November 27, 2009
On Friday’s 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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Point of Use Storage for Shine 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- November 24, 2009
Whether you work in a factory or in an office we all have to clean our work spaces. I am sure many these day contract cleaning services to some degree. Nonetheless cleaning floors is a necessary part of a shine routine. When mopping floors hopefully you use safe practices and utilize signs to signal the
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Defining the Problem Statement 0
- Lean Basics, Quality
- November 23, 2009
Einstein is quoted as having said that if he had one hour to save the world he would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution. This quote illustrates an important point: before jumping right into solving a problem, we should step back and invest time and effort to improve
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Quote of the Day 11/20/09 0
- Lean Quote
- November 20, 2009
On Friday’s 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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A Lean Journey Now on Twitter and LinkedIn 0
- A Lean Journey
- November 19, 2009
There are now more ways to stay connected to A Lean Journey and keep informed of all the updates. Join the newly created LinkedIn group A Lean Journey LinkedIn Group. All the posts from this blog will feed this group. This allows anyone in the group to post and/or discuss lean news items from any
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The Key to Upcoming Retention Concerns is Recognition 0
- In the News, Lean Management
- November 18, 2009
A WSJ article yesterday talked about a growing concern for businesses to retain top talent. The author indicates that based on historical data workers will look elsewhere as the economy improves. This would pose a significant problem to those employers who may have weeded out weak performers while keeping top performers during this recession. A
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