Tricks of the Trade Work smarter not harder! If we’re honest with ourselves, we realize that sometimes we have a tendency to make things more difficult than they need to be. A statistics guru once asked me why a sample size of…
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Method Matters and OEE
Posted in Advanced Lean Manufacturing Tagged with: Lean, Lean Manufacturing, method, OEE, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Process, SPC, Standard Work, Statistical Process Control
OEE – Its not what you know …
It’s not what you know but what you understand that matters most. ~ Redge Discerning perceived knowledge from real understanding is a challenge for many leaders. To memorize facts and figures and to correctly answer related questions simply by recalling this…
Posted in Advanced Lean Manufacturing Tagged with: Formula, Knowledge, Leadership, Lean, OEE, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Wisdom
Lean: Beyond Reach!
Almost everything I read or learned suggests that lean was never intended to be complicated. The simplest definition of lean I have read to date follows: Focus on what matters and eliminate what doesn’t This is not to suggest that…
Posted in Advanced Lean Manufacturing, Terminology, Training Tagged with: Lean, Lean culture, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Thinking, Methodologies, Six Sigma, Toyota, Toyota Production System
Waste: The Devil is in the Details …
I planned to publish this yesterday but for some reason I felt compelled to wait. I doubt it was fate, but as you will see, Toyota once again managed to serendipitously substantiate my reason for it. I was originally inspired to write this post based…
Posted in Advanced Lean Manufacturing, Eliminate Waste, Lean Mindset, Problem Solving Tagged with: Akio Toyoda, Auto, Canada, Lean, Makes and Models, Management, Ontario, Problem Solving, Ray Tanguay, Toyota, Vehicle
OEE – A Race Against Time
Background If “Time is Money”, is it reasonable for us to consider that “Wasting Time is Wasting Money?” Whether we are discussing customer service, health care, government services, or manufacturing – waste is often identified as one of the top concerns that must…
Posted in Advanced Lean Manufacturing, Eliminate Waste, Lean Metrics, Lean Mindset, Theory of Constraints, Training Tagged with: Lean, Lean Manufacturing, Manufacturing, OEE, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Performance, Quality, Resources, Training, Waste
Toyota’s Culture – Inside Out
As discussed on our Lean Roadmap page, the culture that exists inside your company will determine the success or failure of your lean initiatives in the long-term. So, how do we cultivate and nurture this culture that we desire to achieve? Fortunately, I found a great article, How…
Posted in Advanced Lean Manufacturing, Culture Tagged with: Culture, Lean, Lean Manufacturing, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, Toyota, Training, Twitter
What are we Changing?
Our process improvement strategy is founded on the Theory of Constraints where improvement initiatives are supported by lean and six sigma tools. Process disruptions affecting flow and task execution all contribute to variance and the efforts to eliminate or reduce…
Posted in Advanced Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints Tagged with: Business, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Facebook, Lean, Management, Six Sigma, The Goal, Theory of Constraints, Throughput, TOC, Velocity
Discover Toyota’s Best Practice
I have always been impressed by Toyota’s inherent ability to adapt, improve, and embrace change even during the harshest times. This innate ability is a signature trait of Toyota’s culture and has been the topic of intense study and research…
Posted in Advanced Lean Manufacturing, Execution, Lean, Lean Metrics, Lean Mindset, Performance, Problem Solving, Training Tagged with: Coaching Kata, Culture, Improvement Kata, Kata, Lean, Lean culture, Mike Rother, Toyota, Toyota Kata
The High-Velocity Edge Is Here!
Update: Steven J. Spear has been awarded the Philip Crosby Medal for his book “The High-Velocity Edge: How Market Leaders Leverage Operational Excellence to Beat the Competition” according to a Press release from ASQ—the world’s largest network of quality resources and…
Posted in Advanced Lean Manufacturing, Eliminate Waste, Lean Metrics, Problem Solving, Risk Management, Root Cause Analysis Tagged with: Agile, Lean, Lean Execution, Lean Integration, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Metrics, Philip Crosby, Steven J. Spear, The High-Velocity Edge: How Market Leaders Leverage Operational Excellence to Beat the Competition
Lean Execution: Competing with Giants – It’s all about Speed
Sometimes you need a break from reading and learn from others who are truly walking the talk. We trust you will find this video, “Competing with Giants – It’s all about Speed”, featuring Dominic Orr, CEO of Aruba Networks, as interesting and thought provoking…
Posted in Advanced Lean Manufacturing, Execution, Lean, Performance, Problem Solving, Training Tagged with: Aruba Networks, Competing with Giants, Execution, innovation, Lean, Lean Execution, Lean Integration, Speed, Speed of Execution, Speed of Innovation, Training
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