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The 5S Numbers Game 0
- Exercises/Games, Lean Resources
- August 5, 2009
I was recently asked about some fun ways to teach 5S by the management of a plant looking to teach this concept to their team. There are probably a number of ways to do this. The simplest exercise is the 5S Numbers Game. This is a no cost exercise that can be done in any
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A Formula for Success 0
- Lean Basics, Lean Office
- August 2, 2009
Recently, there have been a number of posts on various visual scheduling boards like Jon Miller’s agile kanban board or Xaiver’s kanban boards for example. With all these visual task ques it makes me wonder how we prioritize. There are several prioritization tools you can use to prioritize your day-to-day tasks and goal specific action
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115,000 Miles in Your Lifetime 0
- In the News
- July 29, 2009
I heard an interesting statistic today that makes you think about waste and it’s compounding factor.How many miles does the average person walk in their lifetime?Well, it turns out to be about 115,000 miles or more than 4 trips around the world. (You can confirm by a quick search on the Internet.)Here is the math
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Manufacturing is the Answer to the Economy Just not a Career 0
- In the News
- July 27, 2009
A recent survey by Deloitte LLP and The Manufacturing Institute shows that Americans view manufacturing as the most important industry for a strong national economy. Americans also believe that a strong manufacturing base is important to our standard of living and national security. Manufacturing ranked higher than technology, energy, healthcare, financial services, retail, and communications
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Is Your ERP System Working For You?0
- Lean Management
- July 25, 2009
I have never really been an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or a Material Resource Planning (MRP) fan since they are really push systems based on sales forecasts. Some recent failures of our system have made me re-visit Lean vs ERP solutions. With traditional manufacturing resource planning (MRP II, the planning engine in most ERP systems
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Lean Values Explained by Amazon CEO 0
- In the News, Lean in Practice
- July 24, 2009
In the news yesterday Amazon.com announced its intention to acquire Zappos.com. Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com says this acquisition brings together two companies who share common values. Thanks to my fellow bloggers Ron Pereira and John Hunter for sharing these values with us. In a web video by Jeff Bezos to the Zappos
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