Lean Supply Chain Thoughts

Paul Myerson was my guest on the Business901 Podcast, Extending Lean Supply Chain Thinking. Paul recently authored Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Management, a practical guide that will assist you in leveraging your improvements to both vendors and customers. Along the way, you may pick a few other Lean Tips to improve operations in general. Read More …

Why is ‘x’ the unknown?

I have always believed that history was important. And if you are in the quality field or more specifically a Lean Six Sigma person it is hard to believe that “X” is not important to you. Why is ‘x’ the symbol for an unknown? In this short and funny talk, Terry Moore gives the surprising Read More …

Extending Lean Supply Chain Thinking

Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Management is a a practical guide that will assist you in leveraging your improvements to make both vendors and customers smile! Paul Myerson is my guest and the author of the aforementioned book. Paul explains many components of Lean but in a unique way that allows you to apply that Read More …

Turning Conference Learning into Action

I attended an outstanding conference (#LSSC12), The Lean Software & Systems Conference 2012 held in Boston, MA. In addition to the conference there was 2 days of tutorials, Lean Camp (Open Space), Interactive Cooking, Living Room, Lightning Talks, and Lean Coffee. It was an excellent agenda and well-hosted by the Lean-Kanban University.  Every attendee that Read More …

Lean Software & Systems

This was my presentation at the #LSSC12 Conference this year. It was not my typical Lean Sales and Marketing theme. Instead, I demonstrated what I have learned and applied from many of my podcast guests. Lean Software & Systems Conference – Business901 Presentation A couple of the reactions from my discussion on Twitter: @imbertti : Read More …

Individual Lean the Root Cause of Success

Can the principles of Lean be applied to your daily life?  Dan Markovitz, founder and owner of TimeBack Management certainly thinks so. He has developed a consultancy specializing in improving individual and organizational performance through the application of lean concepts. Dan has backed up his claim in his latest book,  A Factory of One: Applying Read More …