Lean Thoughts

Everyone does it all of the time. When you arrive at work without even knowing it you are mentally conducting a "Situation Appraisal"

Undercover Boss makes for good television. Imagine if you incorporated this methodology within your business operations, it would be the ultimate Continuous Improvement idea generator.

A Non-Lean environment is where ... Mediocre Processes are managed by Amazing People Whereas a Lean Environment  is where ... Amazing...

Solicited a Hospital to visit Manufacturing to Learn how to Schedule, Busted, I quickly became the student.

Team had purchased a container of Green Sofas from Asia. This was a direct assault on our core competency,

When is a garbage can is not a garbage can ?

In this article, I share 5 5 Toyota principles that turn businesses around like clockwork and how to apply them to your business.

If their organizations is not working at a fever  pace nothing is being accomplished.  This can be a significant error of judgment.

You have hired PROFESSIONALS, you need to provide them a PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT for them to deliver PROFESSIONAL RESULTS!

Why is cadence important?  If you ignore it … it can dramatically add days to your process lead-time invisibly

EBITDA, It's simply your business performance without the noise.

Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are put in place to insure that sites, departments or teams are meeting the overall organizational objectiv

The recent buzz around Trump’s proposed tariffs has many Canadian businesses—and their American counterparts—feeling uneasy.

From the role of AI in shaping our lives to the impact of genetics, robotics, nanotechnology, 3D printing, and life extension,

Maybe they fear if they train the team they will leave, but worse is if you don't train them and they stay !

Anyone running a business today knows how difficult it is to attract and retain their people.

75% of employees could be in some state of disengagement

there are in effect two ways to run a company: Founder Mode and Manager Mode

Here are the six key Lean strategies that can transform your operations:

Why don't fighter pilots learn to fly without checklists?