Accounting teams see problems every day. As Nick Katko puts it, they fix them, but they don’t necessarily solve them. We talk about what a continuous improvement system looks like inside an accounting department, the three parts of that system,…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guests for Episode #428 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are Nick Katko and Mike De Luca. Nick is president and owner of the firm BMA and Mike is a Lean coach,…
Joining me for Episode #258 is a many times returning guest, Jim Huntzinger, the President and Founder of Lean Frontiers (check out Episodes 8, 15, 33, 196, and 251, his with Russ Scaffede). Jim has written two eBooks, The Roots of Lean: Training Within Industry: The…
Mark’s note: Today’s guest blogger is Jim Huntzinger, the organizer of many topical Lean Summits including Lean Accounting, Training Within Industry, and Lean and Green. We talked about Lean Accounting in Podcast #33. In this post, Jim talks about a…
Got this question from a reader: After successful application of lean to clinical processes we are moving into the the finance/accounting transaction areas such as A/P and A/R and month end close and are finding a more difficult road to…
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #33, a new interview with Jim Huntzinger, the President of the Lean Accounting Summit. In this Podcast, Jim gives us an update on the recent Summit and talks about some of the latest trends in Lean…
By Jean Cunningham: Just a quick story of a kaizen event….this one was in a service company. They wanted to improve cash flow by getting receivable more quickly. By mapping the current process with a few of the sales people,…
Russell Roberts on Cafe Hayek had an interesting commentary the other day about the Power of Competition, relaying a bit of the story of Billy Beane and the Oakland A’s told in the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an…
Manufacturing Engineering December 2006 I was sent the link to this article by Professor Thomas Johnson, noted author of books including Profit Beyond Measure. After reading the article, I’m a bit confused (although he makes some excellent points). Dr. Johnson…
By Jean Cunningham: The topic of Lean Accounting has been getting quite of bit of interest the last few months. The Institute of Management Accounting (www.ima.org ) had their first webinar on the topic of lean and had their largest…
Real Numbers through Lean Accounting… The evolution of accounting in support of “lean” operations This webcast is not free ($79) but might be worth checking out, as it includes Lean Blogger Jean Cunningham. Live AICPA WebcastWednesday, March 7, 20071-3PM ET…
By Jamie Flinchbaugh One of the most underrated voices in the “lean” world is Tom Johnson. I still regularly recommend his latest book, now 6 years old, Profit Beyond Measure. It’s a little hard for some to read, but the…
