As Dr. Balle said, “Toyota didn’t become number one by having lower manufacturing costs, they became number one by making cars people bought.” Dr. Michael Ballé is a business researcher and consultant and has studied lean transformation for the past 15 years. He is Associate Researcher at Télécom ParisTech and the co-founder of the French Read More …
After interviewing Dr. Michael Balle for an upcoming podcast and a short video series, we continued our discussion. This is a short outtake on Lean Thinking and a few responses on his thoughts about Toyota. Related Information: Dr. Michael Balle is the Gemba Coach at the Lean Enterprise Institute The Ultimate Sales and Marketing Tool Read More …
Lean Sales and Marketing is built upon the philosophy that there has been a subtle shift to knowledge as the way to engage, develop and retain your customer base. The sales and marketing team must act as a vehicle to cultivate ideas not only within their four walls but more importantly from their customers and Read More …
Mike Osterling, the President and Principal Consultant at Osterling Consulting was my guest on the Business901 podcast, Why A3, Why Now in Lean Thinking?. This is a transcription of the podcast. Why A3, Why Now in Lean Thinking Osterling Consulting was founded for the purpose of supporting organizations on their continuous improvement journey. Building upon Read More …
Mike Osterling, the President and Principal Consultant at Osterling Consulting was my guest on the Business901 podcast and our discussion centered around A3 problem solving and A3 thinking. Mike is a long-term Lean Practitioner and an interesting thought on his initial comment in the podcast when I asked, What he has been doing since I Read More …
January 12, 2010 marked the one year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti. A fellow Lean Blogger, Mark Graban of http://leanblog.org was fortunate to meet a special person – Russell Maroni, an x-ray tech at Akron Children’s Hospital. He volunteered in Haiti for 15 days in February 2010 as part of the earthquake relief Read More …