Lean Thoughts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is our job as Lean leaders to recognize and handle each accordingly.

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

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

Ha !! got your attention. No I am not going to target you as being cheap but rather looking for value. So what is this remarkable tool?

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

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.

there are still many opportunities to prepare your businesses for a banner year. Here are five ...

“CENTER OF TRUTH” a location where you can research to see if a “Disturbance to Flow” has previously been experienced and corrected

Sometimes you need to leave something simple alone, before complexity creeps in

Lack of knowledge and why do commentators keep suggesting that JIT can’t work in a chaotic world?

Cyber-Security it truly is not a matter of "IF" you will be breached but rather "WHEN"!