Monthly Archives: December 2016

Are Some Managers Just Too Dumb To Implement Lean?

I once had a client whose business was very capital intensive.  I asked if I could get measures of machine […]

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How to Implement Lean Manufacturing: Simplify and Solve – Value Stream Mapping and Team Problem Solving: Part 6

So, at this point, you have a pretty good value stream map of your current state.  I doubt if it […]

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Leadership Commitment Isn’t Enough

Hey, I just got another article posted on Industry Week’s web site!  It rambles a bit, perhaps, but I’m particularly proud of […]

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The Lean Farm

I just came across an article, “What Can Small Farms Learn From a Car Company?”.  The article reports, briefly, on a […]

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How to Implement Lean Manufacturing: Simplify and Solve – Value Stream Mapping and Team Problem Solving: Part 5

We ended up last time with a simple map that showed, basically, where stuff gets moved, where stuff gets something […]

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A Really Crummy Article About Lean

I don’t get to the Interest Groups at LinkedIn as often as I should but I browsed around there yesterday […]

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How to Implement Lean Manufacturing: Simplify and Solve – Value Stream Mapping and Team Problem Solving: Part 4

OK, so enough talk about boxes and arrows and lets put something on paper.  We have a couple of decisions […]

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Lean and ERP don’t mix…mostly

I know just enough about ERP (and MRP and MRP II) to be dangerous.  Maybe not even that much.  I […]

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