This is a transcription of the podcast, Continuously improving thru PDCAthat I had with Dean Ziegler of the Systems2win Company. Systems2win provides a standardized set of easy-to-use Excel templates for business process improvement with surprisingly inexpensive self-paced online training and eye-popping flexibility to personalize your templates to fit your needs to dramatically improve the speed, Read More …
Lean technology has now evolved from the manufacturing floor to the whole enterprise. Many companies have found real value in applying the fundamental concepts of Lean throughout the organization. The lean concepts of Kaizen, PDCA and the tools such as Pareto Charts, 5 Why’s and even Poka Yoke are commonplace. As a result of discussing Read More …
In this video, Alan Shalloway of Net Objectives describes the process of mapping a value stream to a Kanban board and why both are important in improving business-driven software development. Alan does a nice job in the video simplifying the process of Value Stream Mapping for non-Lean organizations. He also converts the map to a Read More …
The Systems2win Company provides business process improvement tools and training to companies all over the globe. People are provided with easy-to-use fill-in-the-blanks Excel templates that come with self-help online training to improve the speed and reduce the cost of every step of your project. Dean was my guest on the podcast and we discussed how Read More …
This A3 report is a high level look at building a Lean Marketing System. I created this to accompany my presentation at the ASQ Columbus Conference. You can develop this A3 for a customer or a business segment. The instructions are below. Lean Marketing House – A3 Layout A3 Instructions: Complete the customers name and Read More …
Thomas Goetz wants to redesign medical data, allowing patients to get more insight and take part in their treatment. His ideas on how to make data understandable (ideas stolen from a Captain Crunch Box) and how to create feedback loops are excellent visualizations for marketing to learn from. As marketing increasingly relies on content and Read More …