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DEVELOP CAPABILITY BY PRACTICING THE IMPROVEMENT KATA
This excellent discussion and example of how the Improvement Kata drives improvement, adaptation and innovation is from Gerd Aulinger, a TK Ambassador in Germany.
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By Gerd Aulinger
September 3, 2012
This excellent discussion and example of how the Improvement Kata drives improvement, adaptation and innovation is from Gerd Aulinger, a TK Ambassador in Germany.
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About Gerd Aulinger
Gerd Aulinger has worked as a researcher, consultant, seminar leader, production manager and speaker for the past 12 years. After research work at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation in Stuttgart Gerd became an internal lean consultant for DaimlerChrysler AG, where he managed various lean projects and won two MPS prizes and an MPS award. From 2007 to 2011 he was a production manager at Festool’s prize-winning Neidlingen plant, where he worked with his team to develop a highly-motivated, learning organization. Gerd currently coaches managers in the application of the Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata, with a view to achieving exceptional results.
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