Leading with Lean thru Accounting

Jim Huntzinger has over twenty years experience developing lean enterprises through system design and development, implementation, and guiding organizations both strategically and tactically through the transformation process. Currently he is the president and founder of the Lean Accounting Summit, TWI Summit, and Lean and Green Summit. The podcast was a great overview of Lean Accounting Read More …

Has Technology Killed Time?

Some of the most popular books and even a few of my most popular blog posts are all centered around words like: Fast Rapid Speed Now Immediate Instantaneous Quick Has Technology killed time? Whatever happen to the words, I need to sleep on it or let me think about it? Can you imagine your kids Read More …

Waste

Many people believe that to apply Value Stream Marketing using Lean Techniques is about removing waste. Eliminating waste is one of the Guiding Principles of Value Stream Marketing but you must make some fundamental improvements in your marketing cycle before a pull marketing system will work. Value Stream Marketing (VSM) is about having a minimum Read More …

Lean

eBooks are added on a regular basis. Why A3, Why Now in Lean Thinking Nuts and Bolts of A3 Thinking eBook – Transitioning from Manufacturing to Healthcare Implementing Kaizen Event Ebook Developing a Lean Culture Sustaining Lean Ebook Holding Succesful Kaizen Event Using Lean in Professional Services – Kaizen in the Office Environment – Be Read More …

Value Stream Marketing – Improve your Cycle Time

Many people believe that to apply Value Stream Marketing using Lean Techniques, it is about removing waste. Eliminating waste is one of the Guiding Principles of Value Stream Marketing but you must make some fundamental improvements in your marketing cycle before a pull marketing system will work. Value Stream Marketing (VSM) is about having a Read More …

Business Opportunities w/ Lean Six Sigma

Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) will manage global print operations at Ingersoll Rand, saving the diversified industrial firm millions by better managing company-wide print spend. Using a Lean Six Sigma-based approach, Xerox will design a print environment with the appropriate number of output devices, like printers, fax machines, copiers and scanners, to help employees work more Read More …