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In the Lean Design we use a process that is called Lean 3P. One of the most contentious part of 3P is this idea of looking to nature, to try to find solutions to the problems you’re trying to solve. We begin by looking at all the value?adding steps. Then for each of those value?adding Read More …
In my mailbox several weeks ago from the website Academia.edu, I came across an article, How Instructional Designers Solve Workplace Problems, co-authored by Dr. Lisa Yamagata-Lynch. An abstract on the article: The findings revealed differences between experts and novices with regards to tolerance of ambiguity, expectations about their own roles in finding solutions for their Read More …
This year as a result of Dr. Deming, I had decided to dig into Systems Thinking more. I re-read The Fifth Discipline, which had been my introduction into Lean and Six Sigma. Being a business owner, I did not have a problem looking at the whole or as it later became known as viewing the Read More …
Brian was a protege of W. Edwards Deming and has received the Deming Medal, the Shewhart Medal, the Hunter Award, the Ott Award, and the Wilcoxon Prize. In addition, he was one of the original nine judges of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and one of the originators of the Minitab statistical software system. Read More …
Ken Rolfes of KDR Associates was my guest on the Business901 podcast, A Lean Practitioner. In the podcast, I asked Ken what he enjoyed most about his work and he replied: Basically, what I enjoy the most is really getting the people energized in companies when they see the possibilities of what they can do Read More …
Rob van Stekelenborg is the author of Dumontis blog and a recent article Pushing and Pulling in the Supply Chain. In the blog, Rob discussed Customer Order Decoupling Point (CODP). A brief excerpt: The (customer order) decoupling point (CODP) or order penetration point is one of the most well-known logistical concepts. It indicates the inventory Read More …