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How to Make Better Decisions 0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- November 30, 2009
Decision making is an essential part of business in all organizations. In traditional companies this power is typically held by few managers at the top of the organizational ladder. Lean companies however strive to empower their employees to make decisions at all levels through access to data, knowledge of evaluation methods, and defined standard processes.
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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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