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Contributor: Mark Graban
Posted: 05/17/2013 9:00:00 AM EDT
Podcast #175 – Mike Taubitz, Lean and Safety Please upgrade your browser MP3 File (run time 28:17) My guest for podcast #175 is Mike Taubitz of the firm Sustainable Lean and FDR Safety. Mike is a retired GM employee (including a stint as Global Safety Director) and we met at the Michigan Lean Consortium conference in 2011. read more
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Contributor: Michael Sinocchi
Posted: 05/15/2013 1:49:00 PM EDT
Can Lean Be Green? On May 19, at the upcoming Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) annual conference in Puerto Rico, Keivan Zokaei will introduce his latest book, Creating a Lean and Green Business System: Techniques for Improving Profits and Sustainability, which he co-authored with L. read more
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Contributor: Karen Wilhelm
Posted: 05/15/2013 12:00:00 AM EDT
Should we centralize or decentralize our function? Matt Wrye is my guest blogger for today. Matt has his own acclaimed blog, Beyond Lean, and I'm honored to share his insights on Lean Reflections. read more
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Contributor: Drew Boyd
Posted: 05/14/2013 12:00:00 AM EDT
The Stereotypy Trap Struggling retailer JC Penny hired former Apple executive Ron Johnson as the CEO to save the company. Seventeen months later, he was ousted in what many consider a colossal failure. read more
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Contributor: Ron Pereira
Posted: 05/13/2013 12:00:00 AM EDT
How Do You Document Your Processes? At Gemba Academy we’re constantly doing our best to “practice what we teach.” Now, to be honest, we’re far from perfect (who is?) but we’re always trying to find better ways to take care of our customers and develop better products and services. read more
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Contributor: Mark Rosenthal
Posted: 05/08/2013 12:00:00 AM EDT
Embracing instability Kaizen is largely a drive toward stability – that is a more consistent operation, producing a more consistent result. The key is the definition of “consistent. read more
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Contributor: Forrest Breyfogle
Posted: 05/04/2013 12:00:00 AM EDT
Lean manufacturing and green manufacturing article I was interviewed by Al Bredenberg for the article Is Lean Manufacturing Green Manufacturing? The article asked the question whether lean manufacturing as Toyota and others have used be a path to greener manufacturing? The thought was that both concepts can involve stripping out the operational waste. read more
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Contributor: meikah
Posted: 12/07/2012 4:25:00 AM EST
How Do You Describe Six Sigma in Three Words? Image Source A month ago, Ian Mitchell, Programme Director at American Express in Warrington, United Kingdom, posted on the Lean Six Sigma LinkedIn group, this question: How do you describe Six Sigma in 3 words? A flurry of interesting answers came pouring in. read more
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Contributor: Michael Marx
Posted: 05/24/2012 12:00:00 AM EDT
What Do William Shatner, Conan O’Brien and Process Improvement have in Common? I am lucky enough to kick off the PEX Advisory Board column, PEX Advisors: Observations on the Journey. It’s a column about anything and everything process improvement, written by continuous improvement practitioners from around the world. read more
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Contributor: Steve Hunt
Posted: 02/17/2012 12:00:00 AM EST
Truly Understanding Hypothesis Testing Concepts: Making a Complex Topic Simple I attended e-learning micro-event event last week! It’s a great concept being used by Smarter Solutions . The concept is to provide short one hour training classes (“micro-events”) via the web for a very low cost. read more
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Contributor: Navdeep S. Sodhi
Posted: 06/22/2011 12:00:00 AM EDT
Pragmatic Competitive Intelligence for Pricing Precision Last fall, the leaders of a mid-sized company were rather worried about an unusually aggressive competitive promotion. After analyzing their competitors ‘past promotions along with the company’s own volume and discount trends, I recommended that the company should forgo matching the promotion. read more
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Process Fun:
Process Fun of the Week: Make a wish...how strategic planning really happens: "A goal without a plan is just a wish" - Larry Elder In this week's Process Fun - the wishful thinking that's at the heart of too many companies: read more
strategy | Hoshin Planning | stretch goals
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The Deming Files:
Looking at the Other Side of the ‘Moon’: The dangers of managing only by what you can see If you're managing by visible numbers alone you're likely not getting the real picture of what's going on. read more
Deming | Dr. W. Edwards Deming | Kelly Allan
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