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Should we seek professional help for our sensei who talks to parts?
Dear Gemba Coach: My sensei has gone crazy; he’s talking to parts. Everyone is looking at him funny on the shop floor. What should I…
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Standardization is a Countermeasure, Never the Goal
"If you're excited about standardized work and standardization, especially if you're new to Lean, please stop and think about the problem that's being solved and…
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After improving processes with help from a consultant, how do I sustain kaizen in my department? My teams are hard to motivate.
Dear Gemba Coach: How do I sustain kaizen in my department? We’ve had a consultant help us with workshops, and we did improve our processes,…
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Lean Alone is Never Enough
Lean can help any organization become more efficient and effective, but there is much more to being successful than just being lean, says Brent Wahba.…
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Standards vs. Standardization
Dear Gemba Coach: We’re often told that “there can be no kaizen without standards.” But when do you start when there are no standards? How do…
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Ask Art: Why Focus on Why When Doing A Lean Turnaround?
In switching to lean, understanding the WHY is the most important thing, argues Art Byrne. It helps people overcome their traditional beliefs about how something…
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What is the best advice you ever got about implementing lean principles?
From time to time, the Lean Enterprise Institute asks Lean Community members to share their knowledge and experiences by "sounding off" on an important question…
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Why We Believe that Lean is More Than A Manufacturing Approach
Is Lean thinking a thing of the past from glorious manufacturing times in the late twentieth century? Or, on the other hand, is it possible…
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Ask Art: What Are the Most Important Management Changes Needed to Implement A Lean Turnaround?
Lean thinking requires a totally different mindset than traditional management, argues lean veteran Art Byrne. This is probably the most significant reason that companies fail…
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Podcast
What’s the Problem?: Andrew Lingel Discusses Transforming a Family Business through Knowledge, Grit, and Outrage
In this What's the Problem? podcast with Matt Savas, President Andrew Lingel of United Plastic Fabricating shares how he helped lead a transformation in this…
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Leveraging Strategy Deployment to Effectively Respond to the Unexpected
How Hoshin Kanri Builds Organizational Resilience.
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Lean Manufacturing and Company Culture Change Workshops in Los Angeles
The workshops include 5S and value-stream mapping along with Sustainable Lean Culture and Kaizen: the Culture of Continuous Improvement, plus many more.
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The Lean Manager
For many companies, the most important problem is not doing lean; it is becoming lean. How can they advance beyond realizing isolated gains from deploying lean tools, to fundamentally changing how…
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Lean Enterprise Institute Announces 19 Lean Management Workshops for Chicago
The curriculum of 19 workshops is aimed at continuous improvement professionals, managers, and executives in manufacturing and service companies who are implementing lean business principles.
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Andon
Andon is a visual management tool that highlights the status of operations in an area at a single glance and that signals whenever an abnormality…
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San Antonio Lean Management Training Focuses on Manufacturing, Job Shops, Logistics, and Distribution
11 public workshops sponsored by the Lean Enterprise Institute cover a comprehensive range of lean tools and management methods
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11 Lean Manufacturing and Management Workshops Coming to Minnesota
Lean manufacturing, logistics, and distribution will be covered.
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