Lean Business System – PDCA

Mark R. Hamel is a Lean Six Sigma Implementation Consultant. He has played a transformative role in lean implementations across a broad range of industries including aerospace and defense, automotive, building products, business services, chemical, durable goods, electronics, insurance, healthcare and transportation services. Mark has successfully coached lean leaders and associates at both the strategic Read More …

Knowledge Management

Jack Vinson, a Knowledge Management and Theory of Constraints expert was my guest on the Busienss901 Podcast. He is passionate and well versed in both subjects and we had a spirited conversation about them. A bottom line person, Jack is constantly looking for ways to see how the products he manages can help the customer Read More …

Using Hoshin Kanri

Anthony Manos is a Catalyst with Profero, Inc., where he provides professional consulting services, implementation, coaching and training to a wide variety of organizations, large and small, private and public, in many industries focusing on Lean Enterprise and Lean Healthcare. Mr. Manos has extensive knowledge of Lean and quality in a wide range of work Read More …

Ramblings of a Lean Practitioner

Bob Petruska of Sustain Lean Consulting brings 24 years of experience helping a variety of customers including Health Care, Aerospace, Automotive, Food, Office and Service industries improve their performance.  He is a consultant, presenter, trainer and published author of Gemba Walks for Service Excellence: The Step-by-Step Guide for Identifying Service Delighters. Note: This is a transcription Read More …

Unlock Your Mind With A3 Thinking

Daniel Matthews helps organizations go to the next level by helping them sustain improvements and creating a methodology that when followed prevents the “Flavor of the Month” syndrome. Daniel learned what it takes to make a truly successful Lean transformation by comparing his 14 years of experience at Toyota with his observations of more than 20 different Read More …

Introvert Tendencies Can Be A Marketing Advantage?

Joan Friedlander, owner of Lifework Business Partners was my guest on the Business901 Podcast and we had the opportunity to discuss creating realistic and executable marketing plans for self-employed service business owners and key members of a business team. One of Joan’s specialties is working with Introverts and our conversation extended into using those introvert Read More …