I find it interesting how many disciplines recommend that you spend fifty percent of your time planning. School = Homework/Testing Sports = Practice/Games Toyota’s PDCA = Planning/(Do/Check/Act) We grow up thinking it is a necessity? What happens? Where does your Company fit in?
This weeks Business901 podcast, will feature Karen Martin the co-author of The Kaizen Event Planner: Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service and Technical Environments as a quick introduction to my Kaizen week I thought I would start out with one of the first questions I asked Karen in the interview: Joe: So when you say Read More …
Systems2win a supplier of Excel Templates for Lean Kaizen Continuous improvement tools has introduced the Value Stream Mapping section of the Lean Starter Toolkit that includes a selection of downloadable templates, videos and instructions. This is a free downloadable trial package that covers Value Stream Mapping, and is part of a collection of over twenty Read More …
I am not sure that Lean will ever work within a company unless sales and marketing are on board. In fact, why start with production if we want to look from the customer’s eyes. Would it be tainted if we did not lean sales and marketing first? Have you ever won a large order and Read More …
Mike Osterling was the guest on the Business901 Podcast and this Ebook is a transcription of our recent podcast. After listening to the podcast, I was disappointed thinking that I let Mike down in the interview by not drilling down enough with the questions. After reviewing and editing the Ebook, I think Mike’s knowledge of Read More …
Karen Wilhelm will be Karl Wadensten’s guest Tuesday, January 5, on The Lean Nation, his radio talk show on 790AM (Citadel Broadcasting, ABC Affiliate), streaming and podcast at 790business.com. Check out this broadcast at 4pm Tuesday, Jan 5: The Lean Nation–hosted by Karl Wadensten on AM 790 radio Karen and Karl will swap stories and Read More …