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What is the difference between standard work and procedures?
Dear Gemba Coach: What is the difference between standard work and procedures?
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Small Batch: Hand-Picked Articles from the Global Lean Community (Vol. 5)
Our picks for the best high-impact learning stories and columns from Planet Lean.
Read article How do you introduce visual management into a product development facility?
Dear Gemba Coach: What steps do you start with to introduce visual management into a product development facility?
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Is There No Other Lean Exemplar Than Toyota?
"I believe that while Toyota isn’t the only lean exemplar out there," writes Michael Ballé, "it still gives us a…
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TPS or the Toyota Way?
"Students of lean are often confused by the variety of ways Toyota explains the Toyota Production System," writes Michael Ballé.…
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Kaizen Learning vs. Traditional Problem-Solving
"Lean offers a fundamentally different approach to problem-solving than most traditional companies practice," writes Art Byrne. "Most [traditional] companies delegate…
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Just-in-Time Roundup: Great Lean Reads from Across the Web (Vol. 13)
Our latest collection of lean reads from around the web, this time featuring articles from The Wall Street Journal, the…
Read article What is the lean approach to quality – is that what six sigma is all about?
Dear Gemba Coach: I’m a frequent reader of your columns and you always seem to emphasize quality first, but I…
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Put Your People at The Center of Your Development System
"It is your people that provide the skills, energy and creativity," writes Jim Morgan. "They are the single most important…
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TOYOTA KATA AT COOKSHACK
Stuart Powell and his team at Cookshack in Ponca City, Oklahoma strive to differentiate Cookshack from competitors by strategically applying…
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Your Favorite Lean Posts of 2015!
With 2016 fast approaching, we'd like to take a step back and reflect on the most popular Lean Post articles…
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Using A3 Thinking to Solve Recruiting Problems: An interview with Gavin Martin
It's a shame that A3s are often thought of as being meant to solve manufacturing problems. The reality is they…
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