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The Snowstorm on Your Server
When looking for a place to implement 5S, your company's server or shared drive might not be the first to…
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Value Stream Mapping in a Product Development Context: A Q&A with John Drogosz
Lean Product and Process Development Senior Coach John Drogosz answers countless questions about LPPD every day. Now, in his first…
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Kata Classics: The Improvement Kata in 10 Minutes
Bill Costantino's classic explanation of the Improvement Kata is back, now as a video.
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Even Visual Management Starts from Need
Have you ever implement a visual management tool at your gemba after seeing it used successfully somewhere else? If so,…
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CI Sustainment: A Hiding Place for Complexity
"How many times has your continuous improvement solution wound up being more complex than the original problem?" muses Lynn Kelley.…
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The Problems Inherent in Change – and What You Can Do about Them
Anyone who's been involved in an organizational transformation knows that its challenges go well beyond resistance. Katrina Appell sheds some…
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What are the pitfalls of implementing hoshin kanri?
Dear Gemba Coach: I’ve heard of hoshin kanri, and I’d really like to try it in my company – what…
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Small Batch: Hand-Picked Articles from the Global Lean Community (Vol. 8)
Our picks for the best high-impact learning stories and columns from Planet Lean.
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Dear Gemba Coach: Based on your experience, what is the best strategy to introduce kaizen as social, ongoing events without…
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Ask Art: What to Look for in a Lean Team Leader
One of Art Byrne's most-asked questions is, "What are the key traits for a lean team leader?" His recommendation might…
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Just-in-Time Roundup: Great Lean Reads from Across the Web (Vol. 16)
Our editor's picks for the best lean news from around the web, this month from Harvard Business Review, FedScoop, and…
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What Too Many Value Stream Maps Completely Miss
Believe it or not, up to half of all the value-stream maps that cross Drew Locher's desk are missing something…
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