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For millennia, warriors have taken war trophies to commemorate their victories. They range from the souvenir to war reparations to the just plain gory.
Gemba Tales
We live in a world overwhelmed with waste, and many supply chains suffer the effects of it daily. Luckily, there are many tools out there used to target and eliminate that waste. My personal favorite is the process map in the form of a swim lane diagram . It clearly identifies responsible parties and the points in the process at which they are involved. Below, I have created a simple “how to” guide on creating a swim lane diagram. Identify your process.
How To Create a Swim Lane Diagram | The Lean Logistics Blog
Everywhere I go I notice that much of life’s frustration is related to people or systems being out of sync.
Out of Sync - Dwight Bowen - Synchronizing Consultant
A3 | A3 Thinking | Toyota PDCA | A3 Problem Solving | Lean Manufacturing
Most problems are dealt with in superficial ways. Very few people and organizations actually arrive at the root cause of their problems. At Toyota, they employ Root Cause analysis in almost everything they do.
Gallery In the Business Value Modelling session at the XP users group 6 teams created a Business Value Model for a mobile phone company struggling to keep customers and regulators happy while reducing call center costs. In the final step, each team had to create a poster that they could use to guide their decisions and to explain the reason behind the project.
Lean | Thinking for a Change
Gemba walk
"Gemba" is a word from Japanese language [現場] which is meaning of "go to the place, look at the process, talk with people!".
Let's take a trip in the Wayback machine. Remembering back to my High School days (yes I'm part of the over 40 crowd)
Lean For Everyone
I’ll start this article off by asking a simple question. Why do educators in the US think that every child is identical?
Lean Blog: Gotta Go Lean
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The Gemba Walk - Leaders Standard Work | Lean Manufacturing Made Easy
A3 Thinking
Welcome to the A3 Thinking Blog.Plan – Do – Check – Act That’s not asking a lot, is it? You have just implemented a big change that should save your company a lot of time and money.