Managing Customer Value
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 …
Dr. Jeff Liker celebrated author and authority on Toyota and the Toyota Production System was my guest on the Business901 podcast and we discussed his upcoming book, The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement (Book release date is May 13th, I have pre-ordered mine). Dr. Liker in comparing Lean and Six Sigma: Sometimes, I’ve heard people Read More …
There’s been a big debate lately on tools and the thinking processes of lean.When you talk about a system, one of the first things that I think of is the tools that are used in the system. I use the tools to make sense out of a system, but I thought that Michael Balle author Read More …
On the Business901 podcast, Jamie shared concepts and stories based on real-world Lean applications. We used The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean and the Lean Learning Center as the jumping off point but soon wandered into the development of a Lean Culture. The podcast explored how to get started in lean but maybe more importantly, how Read More …
Training is dead! That caught my attention. It’s what I am doing. I offer training packages and services, well not quite, what I do is offer planning methodologies. Not exactly training, but the heading did get me to think. Training is dead! How many times do you go to a seminar or a conference and Read More …