In my recent discussions on White Collar Kaizen, one of the issues that seem to migrate through the conversation was the need for a process owner to insure that the Kaizen initiative was carried out. In the non?manufacturing world the teams are so cross functional and organizations are so “siloed,” that the claim is that Read More …
John Holland and Tim Young have just co-authored a book titled Rethinking the Sales Cycle: How Superior Sellers Embrace the Buying Cycle to Achieve a Sustainable and Competitive Advantage. This book contains a detailed explanation of the three phases of the buying cycle popularized by Mike Bosworth in Solution Selling and had been created in Read More …
Software development teams have been using Agile Project Management for several years now; this process has assisted them in their planning, execution, and feedback cycles. Could your marketing learn from them? Answer these questions: Is your marketing become more complex? Have you added multiple new product lines? Have you added different channels of distribution? Have Read More …
Systems2win a supplier of Excel Templates for Lean Kaizen Continuous improvement tools has introduced the Lean Starter Toolkit that includes a selection of downloadable templates, videos and instructions. This is a free downloadable trial package that covers 5S, A3, Kaizen, Project Management, Flowcharts, Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work and Lean Training. This offering Read More …
Last week the Business901 podcast, featured Karen Martin the co-author of The Kaizen Event Planner: Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service and Technical Environments. Karen shared so much new information that I have split the podcast and this is part 2 of 3. The 3rd part will be the transcription of the podcast unless you Read More …
Kanban is any signaling device that gives authorization for a supplying process to know what to produce, or for a material handler to know what items to replenish. For example: a physical paper card placed in a container of parts. When stored items are actually used, the Kanban card gets “freed” (perhaps it was in Read More …