Tag Markovitz

The 5S Workplace: Cause or Effect?

By Dan Markovitz, Time Back Management: A response to an earlier post… Is messiness really beneficial? I think the authors of A Perfect Mess make a silly distinction. On the one hand, you have order for order’s sake. The authors…

How Do You Say "Lean" in Swedish?

By Dan Markovitz, Markovitz Consulting: The McKinsey Quarterly just published an interview with Peter Gossas, the president of Stockholm-based Sandvik Materials Technology, a leading producer of advanced alloys and ceramic materials. When he was appointed president in 2003, the company…

Mulally’s Early Lean Leadership at Ford

By Dan Markovitz, Markovitz Consulting(Mark’s note… Dan has been a unofficial, yet very welcome, contributor to the blog for a few weeks now. We should see him posting directly soon. But for now, here is a post he sent me…

The Perils of Ignoring 5S in Offices

By : Daniel Markovitz, Markovitz Consulting Note: This posting is from a guest Blogger, Dan Markovitz, founder and president of Markovitz Consulting a consulting firm in California. Dan has been quoted in Time.com, written for the Wall Street Journal, Industry…