Managing Customer Value
Part of the Business901 video Series with Dr. Michael Balle, the Gemba Coach at the Lean Enterprise Institute, this particular video centers on why would you use Kaizen Events? Is a Kaizen Event against the principles of Kaizen? This series of videos has a central theme of Kaizen. Dr. Balle is a multiple Shingo Prize Read More …
When I first listened to Mike George’s Stong America Now program (BTW: Michael George will be appearing on the Lean Blog Podcast soon.), I thought it was a joke that hardly made any sense. However, I have learned to investigate things that rub me the wrong way initially and many times I have found a Read More …
How are you at managing your Products Lifecycles? Are they being managed from Conception to Disposal or in a Green world, Recycled. I find this quite often an area that can develop rapid growth and additional streams of income very quickly. The organizations that are doing well in this economy are a result of taking Read More …
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. In the beginning of the video we discuss several resources to learn more about individual Kaizen and in the last 2 minutes discuss how Kaizen plays a Read More …
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 as an author of the The Gold Mine and The Lean Manager. His newest Shingo Prize was on the Read More …
I have always considered PDCA as the culture of Lean. I get frustrated when I hear about Lean only discussed in terms of flow and waste reduction. In a recent Business901 Podcast, Gemba Coach talks PDCA, Dr. Michael Balle and myself had a discussion on this subject. This is a transcription of the podcast. Gemba Read More …