Did I get your attention? OK, it was a misleading headline, sort of. Certainly, productivity and quality are important, as are safety and on-time delivery (remember the mantra of Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost). Look at this case here: the…
by Jamie Flinchbaugh My monthly column Leading Lean for Assembly Magazine is now published. This month I focus on the staple of lean implementations, 5S, but I focus on what people are missing as they use this helpful, but often…
by Jamie Flinchbaugh Any growth story is eventually met wth an industry wide waste of overproduction, or glut of capacity. When this happens, plants have to shutter, jobs are lost and there is tremendous upheavel and angst in dealing with…
Throughout May we have been holding a contest for the best examples of Everyday Lean, examples of lean thinking that show up in everyday life from work to home and everything in between. Mark Graban, LeanBlog.org founder, has been sharing…
Bringing lean into our education system is a two-pronged requirement. One aspect, which has not been written about much at all, is applying lean within the university and schools to improve the effectiveness and efficiency. This is much needed as…
There is not much time left in our contest for the best examples of everyday lean. The contest will continue running until the end of May. We are looking for the best examples of lean in our everyday lives –…
There is not much time left in our contest for the best examples of everyday lean. The contest will continue running until the end of May. We are looking for the best examples of lean in our everyday lives –…
Much has been written and talked about over the last two years about the “human side of lean” and the “respect for people” pillar of TPS. Only through our own failings, my colleagues and I learned the hard way that…
For the rest of May, we are accepting submissions of Everyday Lean, examples from our daily lives of how lean can make stuff easier, simpler and more effective. Here is the original post and contest details. The winner gets a…
A couple of months ago, I wrote in my column for Assembly Magazine on a topic titled “Fix My Manager, Please!” The essense of the column was that we need to push harder up the ladder to get our managers…
As we continue our month-long challenge for examples of Everyday Lean, you still have plenty of chances to win. The best will win a free copy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean. You can read previous Everyday Lean posts by…
For this month, submit your ideas of Everyday Lean for the change to win a free copy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean. Everyday Lean is how lean principles help make stuff if everyday life easier, simpler and more effective.…
