On my podcast the other week, I had Robert Martichenko of LeanCor co-author of the Lean Enterprise Institute’s newest lean workbook, Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream. The book builds on the concepts of waste, flow, and pull. This workbook illustrates how to analyze the traditional supply chain as a flowing stream of products and information. Read More …
One of the best things about developing a Marketing Kanban is it allows you to create a separate cadence for each marketing segment. The old saying is Different Strokes for Different Folks. Why should marketing be any different? The Value Stream Marketing diagram symbolizes exactly how important a cadence is. I use a typical Scrum Read More …
A while ago it seemed like all customers were profitable. Sure we had a bad apple or two but most of the time we sold a product, customers bought it and, as a result, we made money. In today’s environment, it is very different. I would venture to say many of your customers are not profitable. Read More …
An overview on applying Lean Six Sigma to the marketing process. Many people question whether you can apply Lean and Six Sigma to the marketing process. I think the question may be: Is your marketing team disciplined enough? Related Posts: The Pull in Lean Marketing Six Sigma Marketing Lessons from Eric Reidenbach
Created a short e-book on Mistake Proofing your Marketing by using the Lean tool of Poka-Yoke. The e-book is not meant to be a complete diagram of Poka-Yoke but an alternative approach to help facilitate and create some additional ideas on how to improve your marketing. The download is no longer available. Related Posts: Agile, Read More …
The need for a high failure rate is in direct contradiction to many of my conversations. It is also against most people’s approach of trying to do everything right the first time. I was reviewing one of Donald Reinertsen older books, Managing the Design Factory. Reinertsen is simply a great author that takes what I Read More …