Lean Thoughts

Understanding exactly what is defined activity within your role and position.

Poka Yoke is one of the most effective ways of preventing human error from occurring on the production line. Read more to find out how.

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

Company Culture is a very powerful attribute that defines your organization and your face to the customer and it can stem and morph from...

This past week during our Extreme Plant Makeover assignment the organization was presented with a huge potential opportunity to expand...

All organizations strive for continuous improvement, but as it turns out it is really hard to achieve. Kaizen is a tool that will help you..

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...