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January 13, 2018September 19, 2018Lean

You May Not Be Seeing Your Largest and Most Damaging Waste

If I were there in person, you might say, “I know what my wastes are. Waste is something you throw away or a spill you clean up.” Others might say, “Waste is the excess material created as a result of stamping out a product part; it’s paper waste from the office or it’s waste from […]

November 30, 2017July 29, 2019Lean

Kaizen, Kanban, Trash Can – Is it a puzzle to you?

If your answer is yes, you are not alone. In spite of the fact that more than 50 countries around the globe use the Lean principles, many people still struggle with all of the Lean and Six Sigma terms and tools. So let’s define and explain a few of them so you can put the […]

November 9, 2017September 19, 2018Lean

How Can Lean Help My Organization? We Are Not A Manufacturer.

Organizations such as hospitals, governments, educators, service providers, printers, event planners, and insurance companies ask. “How can Lean apply to my company?. I don’t make cars like Toyota.” But implementing Lean in these organizations provides value to the organization, its leaders, its employees, and its customers just as much as it applies value to manufacturing […]

October 26, 2017September 19, 2018Lean

How to Prevent Atrophy and Death in Your Lean Project

Developing a Lean culture with a Lean Management system developed in parallel with the Lean process system ensures that the roles, processes, standards, and procedures are documented and followed. Although we are not discussing physics, the law of entropy applies. It states “Organized systems tend to move toward disorganization”. Lean involves the adoption of new […]