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Jamie Flinchbaugh is an accomplished Entrepreneur, Senior Executive, and Board Member with more than 20 years of success spanning finance, manufacturing, automotive, and management consulting. Leveraging extensive operational experience, Jamie is an invaluable asset for a company seeking expert guidance with process improvements, lean strategies, and leadership coaching in order to transform operations, reduce costs, and drive profitability. His areas of expertise include continuous improvement, entrepreneurship, coaching and training, process transformation, business strategy, and organizational design.

Continuous Improvement on a National Scale

Jamie Flinchbaugh Jul 30, 2008 1

By Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author, The Hitchhiker's Guide to LeanWe all struggle with taking continuous improvement…

The Value Stream of Succession Planning and Leader Development

Jamie Flinchbaugh Jul 23, 2008 6

by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author, The Hitchhiker's Guide to LeanWhat's the purpose of thinking about work as a value…

Lean and Green

Jamie Flinchbaugh May 30, 2008 0

As some of you know, I've been answering questions on lean in partnership with Bosch Rexroth both on their…

Leadership versus Management

Jamie Flinchbaugh Mar 31, 2008 4

For a long time, we have been saying that leadership is one of the top reasons that lean efforts fail. Many have…

Skill Development Critical to Success

Jamie Flinchbaugh Mar 19, 2008 2

Why do many of our best companies move to China or other countries? Some do it for the lower labor rates, but just…

K-12 Lean

Jamie Flinchbaugh Mar 7, 2008 13

Lean is very prevalent in manufacturing because manufacturing needs so much help. Jobs are being lost and profits…

Congratulations on 50 Years

Jamie Flinchbaugh Mar 6, 2008 0

This particular post is about as overdue as my contributions to LeanBlog, but it's always better to be late than…

Leading Lean A-Z

Jamie Flinchbaugh Sep 6, 2007 5

by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to LeanDecades of knowledge in lean have been passed on,…

Some Latest Writing

Jamie Flinchbaugh Aug 14, 2007 0

Although I haven't been posting in the blog recently (sorry), I have been doing some writing, and thought I would…

The wanderings of a lean hitchhiker

Jamie Flinchbaugh May 11, 2007 0

The reason Andy Carlino and I named our book The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road is that we felt…

More Lean Q&A

Jamie Flinchbaugh Mar 2, 2007 3

Here is the final installment of the lean Q&A, but if you have more questions, please feel free to comment here…

More Lean Q&A

Jamie Flinchbaugh Feb 26, 2007 2

I recently posted some Lean Q&A. These questions came from an Industry Week webcast that I did with sponsor…

Lean Q&A

Jamie Flinchbaugh Feb 20, 2007 6

A few of you may know that a couple weeks ago I did a webcast for Industry Week. For those of you attended, thank…

Hoshin Kanri

Jamie Flinchbaugh Feb 12, 2007 0

I personally believe that hoshin kanri is generally poorly understood and underrepresented in the lean world. To…

Getting Lean Right, and Getting References Right

Jamie Flinchbaugh Feb 7, 2007 0

Quite some time ago, I wrote an article titled Getting Lean Right. I included a quote from someone which I did not…

New Directions, Bad Lean Strategies and Leading Lean

Jamie Flinchbaugh Feb 5, 2007 0

Throughout my travels, I continue to be frustrated with the lack of creative thinking that is going into lean…

Lean Student Paper Contest – Win $$$

Jamie Flinchbaugh Jan 6, 2007 0

By Jamie FlinchbaughOK, maybe not $$$, but you can win $500. As some of you may know, I am passionate about…

Book Review +: Profit Beyond Measure

Jamie Flinchbaugh Jan 1, 2007 3

By Jamie FlinchbaughOne of the most underrated voices in the "lean" world is Tom Johnson. I still regularly…