Wilson Training to introduce new iQuality Training Programs at SWIMAQ

Partnering with IWCC on customized Adult Learning programs At the upcoming Southwest Iowa Manufacturers Alliance for Quality program Steven Wilson of WCTS, Inc. will be discussing how partnering with IWCC on customized programs for Quality and Six-Sigma can provide dramatic results for your business. The program will be held from 9:30AM to 2:30PM on Tuesday, Read More …

There is no Team in Kaizen

The Friday Video Series continues with Dr. Michael Balle, the Gemba Coach at the Lean Enterprise Institute. The next series of videos has a central theme of Kaizen. Dr. Balle starts out the program with a statement that floored me, Kaizen is profoundly individualistic. Dr. Balle is a multiple Shingo Prize winner as an author Read More …

Training Video for Continuous Improvement

Take note of the individual sub-titles and discuss each section after it is completed. You can have a lot of fun with this and you may get a few surprises. It is actually a good exercise to use for training continuous improvement groups. I was able to actually use it in a webinar. About the Read More …

Lean Marketing House in Paperback

A few reasons to consider the Lean Marketing House book: Is there a reason to use Lean in Sales and Marketing? Do you have to be practicing Lean in the rest of the company? Is Lean Marketing the same as Agile Marketing? How does A3 problem solving relate to Marketing? Why is Social Media so Read More …

Sustaining Lean The Toyota Way

James Franz was my guest on the Business901 podcast and if you have been spending your time improving your processes and wondering why they are not giving you the expected returns, this is the podcast for you. Jim is the co-author with Jeffrey K. Liker on the latest of the Toyota Way books: The Toyota Way Read More …

Lean creates the Customer Relationship

These questions may get answered for you when you listen to this podcast. Do you think Lean can be applied to Sales and Marketing? Do you think Sales and Marketing departments resist becoming Lean? How important is Lean to Sales and Marketing? Or, how important is Sales and Marketing to Lean? Download/Listen to Podcast MP3 Read More …