Lean Thoughts

Cost accounting drives us to local optimization but this paradigm is the largest obstacle to productivity improvement.

Maybe not so always eloquently stated but the theme is a constant mantra in all organizations.

with great sensitivity, understand from you, how can we do better," said Schultz.

Most folks feel that if they and their organizations are not working at a fever pace nothing is being accomplished.

As a leader you need to take time to “pause” to be “ON” your business rather than being “IN” your business.

feed-back and insights from first day impressions of new employees and visitors can be so valuable.

the consumer price index for food-at-home recently saw its biggest 12-month increase in more than 40 years,

the old timer who sued the drug company because the new sinus spray caused his arm pits to smell - in reality, the drug enabled him to smell

Until recently, RFID was more about potential than a practical reality because high costs got in the way of adopting this technology.

to ensure success, there are many factors to consider before embarking on your lean journey.

How to leverage the "hidden factory" as part of your winning team.

Blaming comes easy. Complaining is a cakewalk. But the culture needs encouragers,

“ 50% of the waste in your organization is there because you live with it every day which makes it become invisible…

many times the wastes found are a result of poor designs. I’m sure that this poor design is not intentional though.

Consider that 60 to 80 percent of all cost related with meeting a customer demand is an administrative or non-production-related function.

Many of us know the power of Visual Management. It provides individuals and organizations the ability to Provide instant feed-back to...

Kaizen often placed under the banner of Lean it truly is the migration from Batch to JIT to Jidoka.

Ha !! got your attention. No I am not going to target you as being cheap but rather looking for value. So what is this remarkable tool?

lot of discussion about autonomous vehicles and Industry 4.0 but based on what i have seen both are very active within the Dairy Farms

Ultimately you either pay a sinful amount to attract and retain labour or you take a closer look at your processes to identify opportunities