James Taylor, one of the leading experts in decision management, is my guest tomorrow on the Business901 Podcast. Not sure, I could summarize the podcast any better than James did in this excerpt: James Taylor: One of the things we’ve been excited about with decision modeling is the breadth of use cases for it. We Read More …
Dr. Liker is a nationally recognized authority on lean manufacturing methods and Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. I asked him, “It’s amazing how intuitive a good coach can be in what you’re doing. I relate it a lot to sports, like you were talking about the golf head early, Read More …
I thought I would receive a different answer when I asked Jim Womack, “Well, we’re talking about customer all the time and we talk about feedback and the value for the, but the closest one to the customer in most organizations is the sales and marketing process and that seems to be the one process Read More …
Art Byrne has been implementing Lean strategy in various U.S.-based manufacturing and service companies, such as Danaher Corporation, for more than 30 years, including The Wiremold Company, which he ran for 11 years. He now serves as Operating Partner at the private equity firm J. W. Childs Associates L.P. In a podcast (Lean as a Read More …
In discussing Lean Strategies for Small Business, I asked Ankit Patel about how Lean applied to sales. An Excerpt from the Podcast: Joe: That’s interesting that you mentioned sales. I talk about it in the marketing perspective and how Lean applies. How do you tie Lean principles to sales? Ankit: Well, we use the simpler Read More …
Personal Kanban notable Jim Benson of Modus Cooperandi in a recent podcast explained how he views constraints. Related Podcast and Transcription: Drowning in Work Joe: Well, you have a matrix in the book where you talk about constraints and some of them bad and good. Can constraints be like your throttle for your work? Jim: Read More …