Lean Thoughts

A problem to solve? A decision to Make? A plan to protect? An opportunity to leverage?

“Tuck in their Chair” it makes the area look neat and organized but it communicates respect for others, signals that you are done

This one simple form contains so many treasures of changing and sustaining change in your organization. On the surface it looks like a...

Better, Faster = Cheaper or more appropriate higher customer value and improved margin.

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

Timed Delivery Routes maintain employees focused at their work stations while the materials are being conveyed through the process

The best definition of empowerment is “Freedom within Limits”.

This is why we launched Organizational First Aid !

Kamishibai or also know as “T” cards is a simple check card system which is used for systematically reviewing critical items within the work

When you take a step back and look at the different facets of your organization you must always see the untapped potential.

Recently, there has been a great deal of attention given to the problem of workplace absenteeism. According to the most recent...

What is “Going to the Gemba” and why is it so widely used in the Toyota Production System?

INTRODUCTORY PHASE In most cases, an organization does not have to look too far or too deep to identify streams of waste: excess motion...

The preferred shape of the lean workcell is U-shaped. Each subprocess is connected to the next in order of process. With the worker in...