Lean Thoughts

I strongly suggest that you change the Deming cycle to Check, Act, Plan, Do (CAPD)

Etiquette, At least, that’s what it was called in my generation.

Many Product or Process launched using the Hand Grenade methodology.

“poor planning on your part does not justify heroics on my part unless I can make it part of my business model”

Without Lean they are allowing their work-force to become lazy and processes to become broke.

The Water Spider is an honored and critical role in making continuous flow and a smoothly functioning Lean system a reality.

How does a Leader come into a company as large as Ford - with its , multiple product lines, and international operations -stay aligned?

5S+1 is typically the first tool adopted by organizations as part of their Lean journey, primarily because of the visual impact it creates

Let us replace Inventory with Additive Manufacturing.

High achievers seem to always get so much done in so little time. How do they do it?

Migrating to using a kanban system?

10 points to consider before embarking on your LEAN transformation

Operations are the first to apply Lean because that is where “Waste” is typically the most visible.

Root Cause Analysis supports operations improvements by promoting the problem-solving culture of team communication.

Modern connected products require close coordination of multidisciplinary engineering teams during development.

those pesky Rush Order Requests always seem to come from (pick one or all) 1) the same customer 2) same sales person 3) same customer ser

Cadence being the gait that needs to be observed with your information and communication flow and the repeatability of tasks.

What is my problem with Value Steam Mapping (VSM)?

Leverage your Value Stream Mapping exercises to become more environmentally friendly.

I really need to blame my MOM for providing me with that LEAN DNA marker.