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Contributor: Karen Wilhelm
Contributor: 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: Karen Wilhelm
Contributor: 05/07/2013 12:00:00 AM EDT
What is culture, and why is it so hard to change? We talk about culture all the time. Somehow we decide that one company’s culture is bad, that lean can never succeed there, or that a bad culture in another company became a lean one. read more
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Contributor: Karen Wilhelm
Contributor: 04/19/2013 12:00:00 AM EDT
Dan Gilmore speaks for the supply chain - let's do better on out-of-stocks I don't often base one of my posts on someone else's article, but Dan Gilmore in Supply Chain Digest this week pretty much hit the nail on the head -- at least in describing the problem. read more
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Contributor: Karen Wilhelm
Contributor: 03/29/2013 12:00:00 AM EDT
Tracing the evolution of strategy deployment In his excellent Beyond Lean blog, Matt Wrye is hosting a Hoshin Kanri week and asked me to be one of the guest bloggers. read more
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Contributor: Karen Wilhelm
Contributor: 03/22/2013 12:00:00 AM EDT
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Contributor: Karen Wilhelm
Contributor: 03/12/2013 12:00:00 AM EDT
Long-distance collaboration can spark innovation My Manufacturing Trend Watch column -- Innovation thrives in digital workspaces -- on Manufacturing Pulse is out, with an answer to bans on telecommuting starting with Yahoo. read more
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Contributor: Karen Wilhelm
Contributor: 03/01/2013 12:00:00 AM EST
"Made in ..." campaign not realistic in global economy I wrote a while ago (Manufacturing Trend Watch on Manufacturing Pulse) about too much focus on "Made in the USA" in products and supply chains. read more
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Contributor: Karen Wilhelm
Contributor: 02/18/2013 12:00:00 AM EST
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Contributor: Karen Wilhelm
Contributor: 01/14/2013 12:00:00 AM EST
Does the recent management survey tell us about lean practices or not? I've received some feedback on Lean works and now we have proof that I wrote about a report released by the U.S. Census bureau regarding a survey about management practices and their relationship to profitability, productivity, and so on. read more
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Contributor: Karen Wilhelm
Contributor: 01/10/2013 12:00:00 AM EST
Lean works - and now we have proof The Management and Organizational Practices Survey results, just released January 4, 2013, from the U.S. Census Bureau, finally gives us some reliable data about the correlation between lean management principles and profits, productivity, and growth. 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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