The Lean Insider

A blog of news, research, and trends on operational excellence and Lean enterprise

9.17.2012

Righting the Wrongs of Organizational Measures

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Mark Nash and Sheila Poling recently published a book titled The Right Measures: The Story of a Company’s Journey to Find the True Indica...
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8.20.2012

Team Building Using the Workforce Engagement Equation

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Jamison J. Manion published a book titled The Workforce Engagement Equation: A Practitioner’s Guide to Creating and Sustaining High Performa...
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8.09.2012

The "Preceptor" and the Lean Transformation

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Conrad Soltero and Patrice Boutier recently published an interesting book titled The 7 Kata: Toyota Kata, TWI, and Lean Training that exp...
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7.27.2012

Applying Gemba Walks to the Service Industry

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This week, I spoke with Robert Petruska , who recently published a book titled Gemba Walks for Service Excellence: The Step-by-Step Guide ...
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6.28.2012

Where is Lean and Six Sigma Going?

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I recently read a very engaging article by Alan Nicol titled What Are The Futures Of Lean And Six Sigma? over on the Manufacturing.Net sit...
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5.31.2012

Product Improvement -- Which Approach?

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Jay Mandelbaum , along with three co-authors, published a book titled Value Engineering Synergies with Lean Six Sigma: Combining Methodologi...
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5.07.2012

Problem Solving and the Lean Journey

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Samuel Obara has published a great new book titled Toyota by Toyota: Reflections from the Inside Leaders on the Techniques That Revolutioni...
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4.26.2012

Psychological Barriers to Lean Initiatives?

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Chris Ortiz has published many books on kaizen and its benefits, but his recent book -- The Psychology of Lean Improvements: Why Organizati...
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4.19.2012

The Self-Balancing Line Method -- The "What" and "Why"

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I met Gordon Ghirann about five years at an Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) conference . At that time, he was giving a prese...
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3.29.2012

What is 3P and Why Should I Use It?

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I recently spoke with Allan Coletta , who is the author of a new book titled The Lean 3P Advantage: A Practitioner's Guide to the Produc...
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