Lean Thoughts

A poka-yoke device is any mechanism or method that either prevents a mistake from being made or makes the mistake obvious .

Why not use AI? Steam engines did more work than horses. Computers stored more data than brains. AI tools can write faster than you can think. Why wouldn’t you use them?

No equipment, No parts, Hardly any buildings and no cash but still a lot of people. As a business what are going to do?

Team Members Clean using their hands they will detect any slight imperfection ... those slight imperfections can be an early indicator of a major potential breakdown.

The observer as a simple role made a huge impact to every diner's experience. I quickly concluded that we need more observers and we could use observers everywhere.

Sustainability relies on the importance of checklists. Although simple, checklists work! Even the most specialized professionals like pilots and doctors can rely on this simple tool to improve their performance .

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,

Toyota needed to procure parts assemble them and sell the final product before the supplier's invoice was due ... It is all about Velocity ... Period !!!

The Water Spider position is often confused with a simple material handler or an entry level "go fetch" person.

Validate, Validate, Validate ... In God we trust, all others bring data.

There are two basic paths to achieving quick changeover. I call them, organizational and mechanical

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.

Here is the introduction to some AI Large Language Model along with features, capabilities and strengths.