6.20.2016

How Do You Grow and Sell a Successful Consulting Firm?

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This past month, Raj Aseervatham , published an important resource for consultants titled You're the Boss: Growing and Selling a Success...
5.25.2016

Can the "Science" of Lean be Applied to the "Art" of Selling?

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A couple of months ago, Productivity Press published a groundbreaking book -- Lean for Sales: Bringing the Science of Lean to the Art of Se...
4.18.2016

Using Measurement and Metrics in the Hoshin Planning Process

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Much has been written on the effectiveness of Hoshin Kanri (also known as Hoshin Planning or policy deployment), which is a method for ensur...
3.14.2016

What is Operational Excellence in the Office?

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Kevin Duggan , with Tim Healey , recently published an important new book that expands on, and transcends, the topic of value stream mapping...
2.29.2016

The Toyota Production System and Job Shops

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For this blog post, I’m turning the reigns over to Dr. Shahrukh Irani to explore how Lean initiatives can be successful in high-mix/low-vol...
2.16.2016

Traditional Accounting Systems -- They Don't Properly Value Time

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Lean advocates have long been critical of the fact that traditional accounting systems motivate over-production and promote building invento...
1.19.2016

The Second Edition of “The Complete Lean Enterprise: Value Stream Mapping for Office and Services” -- Why Is It Needed?

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It has been 10 years since the publication of the award-winning, best-selling book called The Complete Lean Enterprise: Value Stream Mapping...