What’s different about an A3?

In a past podcast, I had Daniel Matthews author of The A3 Workbook: Unlock Your Problem-Solving Mind and ask him why he favored A3s over 8D or some other problem solving tools. The answer I received was much different that what I expected. Daniel learned what it takes to make a truly successful Lean transformation Read More …

Lean from a Different Perspective

Robert Fritz has been around the Dr. Deming world, which we discuss in the latter part of the podcast, since the 1970s. You may even recognize his work as he was an instrumental part of the original Systems Thinking Group with Peter Senge. Peter actually offers a marvelous introduction in the book. Robert Fritz, composer, Read More …

The Different Levels of Kaizen

Do you consider how Individual Kaizen affects your organization? Does your CEO create more waste than a production worker? The Friday Video Series continues with Dr. Michael Balle, the Gemba Coach at the Lean Enterprise Institute. This series of videos continues with a central theme of Kaizen. Dr. Balle is a multiple Shingo Prize winner Read More …

Why does sales and marketing operate to a different quality standard?

After reviewing the new edition of Juran’s Quality Handbook: The Complete Guide to Performance Excellence 6/e,  I wondered why companies hold the entire company to such a high quality standard but leave Sales and Marketing off the hook. Technological measures of quality has existed on shop floors for many years, but measures of quality have Read More …

Faster, Better, Cheaper is the Norm. What are you doing different!

That’s right the old Mantra; Faster, Better, Cheaper is the norm nowadays. It really is not separating you from the crowd, it is only the average. How are you going to build Market Share? How are you going to be increase revenue? When you are only average? People start utilizing methodologies like Lean and Six Read More …

A Look at Innovation, a Different Angle

This is one of the few books that I not only listened to it, but afterwards purchased the hard copy.Borrowing Brilliance: The Six Steps to Business Innovation by Building on the Ideas of Others is simply a good book. The author of Borrowing Brilliance, David Kord Murray, has an impressive résumé. Not only is he Read More …