Lean Thoughts

As a leader you need to take time to “pause” to be “ON” your business rather than being “IN” your business.

There is a lot of Hysteria within the Lean Community about A3 thinking well I am here to shatter the myth.

feed-back and insights from first day impressions of new employees and visitors can be so valuable.

Clean to INSPECT .. and you do have the time.

the old timer who sued the drug company because the new sinus spray caused his arm pits to smell - in reality, the drug enabled him to smell

Until recently, RFID was more about potential than a practical reality because high costs got in the way of adopting this technology.

How to leverage the "hidden factory" as part of your winning team.

Our Philosophy of keeping an object in constant motion while adding value the customer is willing to pay for also became part of our culture

“ 50% of the waste in your organization is there because you live with it every day which makes it become invisible…

many times the wastes found are a result of poor designs. I’m sure that this poor design is not intentional though.

Consider that 60 to 80 percent of all cost related with meeting a customer demand is an administrative or non-production-related function.

Many of us know the power of Visual Management. It provides individuals and organizations the ability to Provide instant feed-back to...

Kaizen often placed under the banner of Lean it truly is the migration from Batch to JIT to Jidoka.

I challenge all of you to look at your organization as if it were a McDonald’s franchise. Not menu but at process.

In order for any Problem Solving methodology to work you need to have a strong Problem Statement.

During tough times is when innovation breeds and new leaders emerge . Primarily, as organizations hunker in attempt to ride out the storm.

lot of discussion about autonomous vehicles and Industry 4.0 but based on what i have seen both are very active within the Dairy Farms

Ultimately you either pay a sinful amount to attract and retain labour or you take a closer look at your processes to identify opportunities

While Amazon may be a good channel for companies not ready to sell direct, it's important to be aware of the drawbacks.

Material Handling is a necessary evil and very seldom engineered