Tim Schipper and Mark Swets were my guests on the Business901 Podcast. They are the co-authors of Innovative Lean Development: How to Create, Implement and Maintain a Learning Culture Using Fast Learning Cycles. I have been quite intrigued by their book and if you listen to the podcast I would encourage you first to download Read More …
I just finished reading Kanban by David Anderson, @AgileManager and was very pleased with the content and especially the delivery. David is truly an expert in Kanban and I highly recommend the book for any discipline looking at introducing Kanban. What I enjoyed about the book more than anything else was the delivery of the Read More …
Just released a 27-page eBook which provides an overview of the Value Stream Marketing Process. The book is an overview of applying Lean principles to the marketing process. It also serves as an introduction to the Business901 Marketing Kanban and the Value Stream Marketing 28 day program. Short Excerpt: Value Stream Marketing is not about Read More …
So what is the next step: To Do, Doing, Done may not have been an earth shattering experience? The next step is a huge one, and I mean huge. You need to take your drawing and place a number under the Doing Column. Are you shaking yet? This is how we will manage the Work Read More …
Kanban is a lean term and means visual card or sign. It is used to limit the amount of inventory tied up in work in process. Of course in lean excess inventories regarded as ways and so is the time spent in producing it. Kanban scheduling systems are among the simplest, effective and in expensive Read More …
Mark was a recent recipient of a Shingo Prize. Congratulations Mark! Do you have trouble implementing or sustaining the initiatives after a Kaizen Event? In this transcription of the Business901 podcast episode, I spent the bulk of the podcast on this subject with author Mark Hamel. Mark’s book, Kaizen Event Fieldbook: Foundation, Framework, and Standard Read More …