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Agility and Lean aren’t the same thing…
but they are related. As this article reports, we still don’t have enough of either. From the article: “A rebound […]
Read MoreMy “How to Get Started with Lean” series
Back in the fall, I started a “How to Get Started in Lean” series for Plastics Machinery and Manufacturing. I’ve […]
Read MoreWhy Is Lean So Damn Hard?
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio The quick answer is…it’s not. It’s getting operators to put their tools back on a shadow […]
Read MoreBrand new article in Industry Week…Is The Best Award No Award?
Ron and I added a new member to the writing team…Brandon Davis. Brandon is the general ops manager for NOV […]
Read MoreWe’re #5 (And #12!)
Articles written by my friend and co-author Ron Jacques and I received some notoriety recently. Two of our articles were […]
Read MoreSo…What’s Your Problem with 5S?
Photo by Jake Nebov on Unsplash I was just responding to a post on LinkedIn that included a poll one […]
Read MoreForget “Efficiency”! Think “Density of Value Transfer”!
I don’t read many books on lean. Most of them are pretty boring, truth be told. That said, I’ve had […]
Read MoreChecklists Can Change Your Company’s Culture
There probably aren’t many topics more mundane than checklists, right? Well, in our latest Industry Week article, Ron Jacques and […]
Read MoreProcess Mapping and Culture Change
First, it’s amazing how quickly time can fly between blog posts. I would have bet my last one was no […]
Read More“Work Intensification” Isn’t Lean
Photo by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash A few weeks ago, I posted about an article, written by someone who referred […]
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