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Mura: The Waste of Uneveness

Posted on October 30th, 2016 · Posted in Uncategorized

In my last post, Muri: Overburdening People and Equipment, I examined Muri, or overburden. In this post, I’d like to address Mura, or “unevenness.” The bar chart above is a.. read more

Lean & The Hired Gun Approach

Posted on October 23rd, 2016 · Posted in Leadership, Lean, Lean Thoughts, Uncategorized

  I’ve seen Lean transformations go down three paths. Hire a consultant and have them perform Kaizen events in the part of the company where you make your money. Occasionally, this.. read more

It’s Not A Good Time …

Posted on October 22nd, 2016 · Posted in Uncategorized

The Chinese character for crisis has frequently been interpreted as two juxtaposed concepts: Danger & Opportunity. For small businesses, the decision to engage a consultant often becomes a moment of.. read more

Toyota Principle #14: Learning Organization

Posted on July 3rd, 2016 · Posted in Leadership, Lean, Lean Thoughts, Toyota Principles, Uncategorized

                    Toyota Principle #14: Become a learning organization through relentless reflection (Hansei) and continuous improvement (Kaizen).  This principle is a lot.. read more

Toyota Principle #13: Make Decisions Slowly

Posted on July 3rd, 2016 · Posted in Leadership, Lean, Lean Thoughts, Toyota Principles, Uncategorized

                              Toyota Principle #13: Make decisions slowly by consensus, thoroughly considering all options; implement decisions rapidly.. read more

Toyota Principle #11: Respect Partners and Suppliers

Posted on July 3rd, 2016 · Posted in Leadership, Lean, Lean Thoughts, Toyota Principles, Uncategorized

                      Toyota Principle #11: Respect your extended network of partners and suppliers by challenging them and helping them improve.  .. read more

Toyota Principle #10: Develop Exceptional People

Posted on July 3rd, 2016 · Posted in Leadership, Lean, Lean Thoughts, Toyota Principles, Uncategorized

                    Toyota Principle #10: Develop exceptional people and teams who follow your company’s philosophy.   Like Principle #9, Principle #10 deals.. read more

Toyota Principle # 7 – Use Visual Control

Posted on March 14th, 2016 · Posted in Leadership, Lean, Lean Thoughts, Poka-Yoke, standard work, Uncategorized

Toyota Principle # 7 – Use Visual Control So No Problems Are Hidden For those of you who haven’t been exposed to the VISUAL nature of lean, here are some thoughts.. read more

Toyota Principle #6 – Standardized tasks & Continuous Improvement

Posted on February 16th, 2016 · Posted in Uncategorized

Toyota Principle #6 – Standardized tasks are the foundation for continuous improvement and employee empowerment.   In a lot of ways I was lucky to begin my quest for Lean.. read more

Toyota Principle #5 – Build a culture of stopping to fix …

Posted on January 29th, 2016 · Posted in Lean Thoughts, Uncategorized

Toyota Principle #5 – Build a culture of stopping to fix the problem, to get quality right the first time One of the better known stories about creating a culture.. read more