Audio Collection of Dr. Balle on Kaizen

The Friday Video Series with Dr. Michael Balle, the Gemba Coach at the Lean Enterprise Institute recently competed a two month long series on Kaizen. I have included the entire audio of the conversation as a podcast. Even if you have watched the videos I think you will find it worthwhile. Podcast Powered By Podbean Read More …

Can you really use Lean for Marketing? – Dr. Balle

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 …

Views on Lean IT with Dr. Michael Balle

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 …

Standard Work in Lean Services–Dr. Balle

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. However, the concept of Standard Read More …

Lean Thinking Perspectives from Dr. Michael Balle

After interviewing Dr. Michael Balle for an upcoming podcast and a short video series, we continued our discussion. This is a short outtake on Lean Thinking and a few responses on his thoughts about Toyota. Related Information: Dr. Michael Balle is the Gemba Coach at the Lean Enterprise Institute The Ultimate Sales and Marketing Tool Read More …