Lean
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Distinguish between genuine and apparent efficiency
True kaizen generates no waste and reduces costs.
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Emotional attachment: It creates employee engagement
Workers immersed in a process look for potential improvements.
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End the firefighting: Build continuous improvement teams
There’s no need for heroes when you tap into the knowledge on the plant floor.
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Stay on top of your inventory: replenishment that keeps the process moving
There are several methodologies for a range of applications.
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War on waste: Observations from the shop floor to top floor
Identifying waste is easy, the challenge lies in engaging everyone to apply the tools
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Explore the abstract: Look beyond the circle with your audits
Applying basic principals such as 5S+1 leads to productivity improvements.
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Get organized: shadow boards improve plant productivity
Set up tools as runners, repeaters and strangers to save time and effort.
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Visitors are your best auditors: feedback delivers opportunities for improvement
Fresh eye of new employees, suppliers, sales reps and customers are always the best to question or confirm the effectiveness of processes.
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Managing customer demand: leverage your enterprise excellence tools
Make it easier and less stressful for your customer to do business with you.
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Going with the flow: how TPS and McDonalds are cleaning up
A new McDonald’s employee is taught to never be idle. If there’s a lull, start cleaning. The same principle applies in your place.
GE breaks ground in Welland for new “Brilliant Factory”
The 450,000 square-foot plant will streamline production using data, analytics and software.
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Tame variability
How to subdue it with formal problem solving.
Diagnosing lean
A journey in five steps.
Book review: Leading the lean journey
CEOs tell their success stories.
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What’s the rush?
You could be committing Kamikaze Kaizen.
