Lean Thoughts

This post is not to question making changes but rather how. First, you when you decide to machine a part you would not start until someone had provided you with a drawing so you know what you will be creating. Similar if you decide to build a house I am certain you will start with some key requirements like the number of bedrooms and bathrooms ... the requirements will then be incorporated into a blueprint so the builder will understand what you want and the blueprint quanti

Going to See with a purpose. In lean management, we call this "going to gemba"—the actual place where value is created. Not to inspect, but to understand, support, and coach.

The infection rate of Emotional Stress dramatically increases when your processes are unpredictable..

Creator of your strategic Plan you are not only a forecaster. you are also a Futurist.

another AI Guru in a seminar who quickly advised me that even a mathematical formula is AI.

whether a product or service should be dual sourced. Before we explore the merits of both let us first place the provider in the proper context.

I LOVE my Suppliers, I mean really LOVE them, so much so I am constantly wanting to hire them .

Whether you’re in retail, service or manufacturing, it is all about CASH! As much as things change… the one constant measurement of a successful business is the amount of positive cash flow generated.

Standard Work. My immediate response, was no friggin way !! No body is going to control every minute of my day by telling what to do, when to do it and why?

Manufacturers are masters of improvisation. We’re good at figuring things out on the fly.

Cadence and agility can be defined by how quick you are at changeovers.

The perfect process consists of a single object transitioning through a series of operations while constantly accumulating value