The other day I wrote a blog post, The Starting Point for Lean Sales and Marketing that briefly described how I would start introducing Lean to Sales and Marketing. The A3 was buried in a link and it was suggested that I create a blog post since it has received a good deal of attention Read More …
Professor Daniel T Jones presents “Pushing the Frontiers: the next challenges for Lean Thinking” at the Lean Summit 2011. This video is an excellent demonstration of applications of Service Dominant Logic Thinking (Vargo and Lusch (2006). Daniel Jones is a management thought leader and advisor on applying lean, process thinking to every type of business Read More …
Cellular manufacturing is one of the most powerful Lean tools. It will allow for smaller lot production, quality improvements, and shorter lead times and simplifies the implementation of pull. Typical manufacturing systems had the same machines all grouped together and as a result batch type manufacturing was developed. As manufacturers developed cellular systems, they found Read More …
My best approach has been to simply start with developing a culture of PDCA and teamwork through a mini – Hoshin Kanri type plan or the use of the The 4 Disciplines of Execution. I have included a step by step guide called, My First PDCA. This guide can be used by one leader with Read More …
Ari Weinzweig, CEO and co-founding partner of Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor, MI continues to share the “secrets” that have helped take Zingerman’s from a 25-seat, 4-person start up to a nationally known, $40,000,000-organization employing over 500 people. In this Business901 podcast, Ari discusses his latest book A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Being a Better Leader. Read More …
The “Hoshin” is developed at each layer of management clarifying strategies and targets to assist in reaching the preceding layer’s targets. This results in both a macro and micro PDCA. This greatly increases the line of sight and shared responsibility to each other in achieving these goals. Kanri is defined as a method to efficiently Read More …