Kanban is a lean term and means visual card or sign. It is used to limit the amount of inventory tied up in work in process. Of course in lean excess inventories regarded as ways and so is the time spent in producing it. Kanban scheduling systems are among the simplest, effective and in expensive Read More …
Mark was a recent recipient of a Shingo Prize. Congratulations Mark! Do you have trouble implementing or sustaining the initiatives after a Kaizen Event? In this transcription of the Business901 podcast episode, I spent the bulk of the podcast on this subject with author Mark Hamel. Mark’s book, Kaizen Event Fieldbook: Foundation, Framework, and Standard Read More …
I have first hand knowledge of several of these instructors and the ones that I don’t are well renowned in the Lean field. I can hardly think of a better cast that could be put together. I wonder if Lean Enterprise will put together a film clip like this for these Rock Stars? I think Read More …
In this Business901 Podcast I had the pleasure of interviewing Paul Wagner, co-author of Global Program Management. Paula Wagner, PMP, is a senior project manager/senior business manager for CNN Broadcast Engineering System Technology at Turner Broadcasting Systems. Her insight and knowledge of this field is outstanding. We discussed not only what it takes to run Read More …
The key to the Lean Startup craze we have been talking about the last few months may be just generational. The reason it maybe taking off is that the supporters grew up with Mario as their Icon. You remember Mario don’t you? Mario was created by Shigeru Miyamoto in his attempts to produce a best-selling Read More …
I received this TED video tip from @ayushjjw of http://www.tenmarks.com. Tom Wujec presents some surprisingly deep research into the “marshmallow problem” — a simple team-building exercise that involves dry spaghetti, one yard of tape and a marshmallow. Who can build the tallest tower with these ingredients? And why does a surprising group always beat the Read More …