Agility and Lean aren’t the same thing…
- Rick Bohan
- February 17, 2024
but they are related. As this article reports, we still don’t have enough of either. From the article: “A rebound […]
My “How to Get Started with Lean” series
- Rick Bohan
- February 17, 2024
Back in the fall, I started a “How to Get Started in Lean” series for Plastics Machinery and Manufacturing. I’ve […]
Brand new article in Industry Week…Is The Best Award No Award?
- Rick Bohan
- March 25, 2023
Ron and I added a new member to the writing team…Brandon Davis. Brandon is the general ops manager for NOV […]
Why Is Lean So Damn Hard?
- Rick Bohan
- March 25, 2023
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio The quick answer is…it’s not. It’s getting operators to put their tools back on a shadow […]
We’re #5 (And #12!)
- Rick Bohan
- January 09, 2023
Articles written by my friend and co-author Ron Jacques and I received some notoriety recently. Two of our articles were […]
So…What’s Your Problem with 5S?
- Rick Bohan
- December 05, 2022
Photo by Jake Nebov on Unsplash I was just responding to a post on LinkedIn that included a poll one […]
Forget “Efficiency”! Think “Density of Value Transfer”!
- Rick Bohan
- November 20, 2022
I don’t read many books on lean. Most of them are pretty boring, truth be told. That said, I’ve had […]
Checklists Can Change Your Company’s Culture
- Rick Bohan
- November 18, 2022
There probably aren’t many topics more mundane than checklists, right? Well, in our latest Industry Week article, Ron Jacques and […]
Process Mapping and Culture Change
- Rick Bohan
- November 15, 2022
First, it’s amazing how quickly time can fly between blog posts. I would have bet my last one was no […]
“Work Intensification” Isn’t Lean
- Rick Bohan
- September 29, 2022
Photo by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash A few weeks ago, I posted about an article, written by someone who referred […]
If You Can’t Say “Efficiency”….What DO You Say?
- Rick Bohan
- September 12, 2022
Last week, I made the case for leaving the word “efficiency” out of your lexicon. Just in the past few […]
Don’t Say “Efficiency”
- Rick Bohan
- September 06, 2022
Photo by Carl Heyerdahl on Unsplash I once worked for an organization that provided training and consulting to businesses and […]
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