Is TWI a Method for Healthcare

Skip Stewart made new discoveries about standard work when he transferred to the healthcare industry to introduce Lean practice into Baptist Memorial Health Care, a network of 14 hospitals in the Memphis and surrounding area. It was there he was introduced to TWI and he quickly realized the power of good training practice in the Read More …

Can Training Within Industry be used for Introducing Lean?

The System Director of Performance Improvement at Baptist Memorial Healthcare in Memphis, Tennessee, Skip Steward, is my guest this week for the first of a two-part podcast. Skip has a variety of accomplishments, qualifications and certifications in the quality improvement field that includes being a Shingo Examiner for the Shingo Institute, Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Read More …

What Sales Teaches the Lean Enterprise

You can register for one or all Lean Frontier Webinars through this link. SALES & MARKETING: What Sales Teaches the Lean Enterprise Facilitated by Joe Dager, Author and President Business901 Tue, Mar 17, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Lean Frontier Webinars include What Sales Teaches the Lean Enterprise

Lean Frontiers offers FREE quarterly webinars aimed at enterprise-wide engagement. Leadership, Accounting, Sales, HR, Logistics, IT, R&D. Imagine if each of these business functions worked in unison in supporting lean as a business model. This March they are running a series of 30-minute webinars to include: You can register for one or all Lean Frontier Read More …

Is Job Relations the Key Program in Training Within Industry?

Oscar Roche believes the long term success of any business lies in the development of people capability. It is this belief, combined with extensive operations management experience, that permits him to add value to any organization he works with. Oscar is is the Director of Training Within Industry Institute in Australia.  Oscar believes passionately that Read More …

Is Kata a Methodology or a way of Thinking

Oscar Roche believes the long term success of any business lies in the development of people capability. It is this belief, combined with extensive operations management experience, that permits him to add value to any organization he works with. Oscar is is the Director of Training Within Industry Institute in Australia and my guest in Read More …