Lean Thoughts

OK … so I am not allowed to make general sweeping statements … but I am convinced that most organizations are not optimizing their...

Mariela and I are fortunate that we are able to walk through many organizations and observe some very interesting processes. What...

Value stream mapping is a visual means to depict and improve the flow of manufacturing and production process, as well as the information...

In today’s technology world where we have an app to do virtually everything one ponders if paper and pencils should be relegated to the...

The only conclusion I can come to for 2017 is that it will be the most agile that will survive and potentially thrive. The markets are...

That is just the resulting “eye candy”. Again this week I spoke with a couple of folks about their 5S activities and they focused on the...

The preferred shape of the lean workcell is U-shaped. Each subprocess is connected to the next in order of process. With the worker in...