Lean Thoughts

Calculating you KANBAN Level

So what to do? … Like most you begin to review process(es) to identify and implement business improvements.

those businesses that stand out also tend to operate with a heavy dose of tribal knowledge … which other view as a vulnerability

We can’t add growth because we can’t get equipment, can’t get people, and we’ve lost productivity.

Ctrl, Alt Delete may be your answer to cure "Adjustitus" you have incurred during the past several years.

Measuring and monitoring “Yield” within your facility can reveal interesting information about how well you utilize your materials and cash.

Now that lean has been affecting production processes for decades, how far has factory layout/design come? In my experience, not very far!

We have paused, denied, diverted, deviated, destructed, pivoted, innovated and of course prayed for normal to return.

After participating in a EVSM Workshop is people have never taken the time to observe the daily waste generated in their processes.

The main consequence is that Process owners adapted processes towards survival not necessarily with a focus on sustainable improvement

You have to know your costs. It is the only way you will be able to justify a changeover reduction program.

Factories were designed a long time ago to take advantage both of gravity.

Lean is not a cost reduction exercise. Lean is about increasing velocity within your process

As companies must be fast, adaptable, agile, and courageous to compete, one of the most important elements is the ability to trust. Trust...

The basic method of building cars hasn't changed much over the last 93 years:

Cost accounting drives us to local optimization but this paradigm is the largest obstacle to productivity improvement.

Maybe not so always eloquently stated but the theme is a constant mantra in all organizations.

A year may seem like a long time but it is also a very short time

You post a Memo and Assume it will be read ... NOT!!

Most folks feel that if they and their organizations are not working at a fever pace nothing is being accomplished.