Lean Thoughts

Collaboration is an allergy that exists in nearly every organization. I cannot explain why … but it exists internally and externally …

seeing an opportunity to leverage without taking initiative becomes a lost opportunity.

People crave for in person social interactions,

The sole and only role of Walmart is to act as your household purchasing agent.

f you had sat on your hands and then instructed the dealer rep to conduct the procedure that you did he would have learned.

Walking is the biggest cost driver when it comes to warehouse operations and a big detriment to picking efficiency.

as soon as two people collaborate a culture is created.

I quickly became overwhelmed about how fixated and anal the Senior Management Team was about Team Member Attendance.

This is not enough Time !!! Lead ... Follow ... or Get out of the Way ! Let me show you how.

Douglas the manager of a high-end appliance maker decided to advise me that all we produced was crap.

Meeting a plan is a thing of beauty and should not be accomplished by accident.

As the company continues to innovate, many businesses can learn a few supply chain lessons from Ford.

the touch of the human hand while cleaning is the world’s most sensitive instrument

Many Product or Process launched using the Hand Grenade methodology.

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.

Let’s explore what a robust succession plan is, including identifying and developing internal talent.

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

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.