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The Mythical Value Stream Manager
If you want to make a serious impact in your improvements, consider shifting your focus outward to a value-stream level…
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Warning: What You Call Kaizen May Really Be Rework
If you begin your lean management transformation on the shop floor, you run the risk of having to rework processes…
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Isn’t there a better way to manage inventory than just-in-time?
Dear Gemba Coach, This is 2019. Isn’t there a better way to manage inventory than just-in-time by now?
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Book Review: The Toyota Engagement Equation by Tracey and Ernie Richardson
In their book The Toyota Engagement Equation, authors Tracey and Ernie Richardson don’t hit you over the head telling you…
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Ask Art: What Foundational Items Must I Be A Zealot About?
Be a zealot on the foundational items such as 5S, visual management, and setup reduction, says Art Byrne, and your…
Read article Why implement lean when it fails so often?
Dear Gemba Coach: Is it true that lean often fails? What’s the point then?
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What Is Your Leadership Model?
In this reflection based on his work as CEO Lean is a leadership model: for more than 60 years now…
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Towards A More Lean Statement of Purpose
Reflecting on a recent Business Roundtable statement pledging a commitment to all of its stakeholders (and not simply maximizing shareholder…
Read article Isn’t PDCA enough? Why do we always need to complicate things?
Dear Gemba Coach: Isn’t PDCA enough? Why do we always need to complicate things?
Read article A Revelation at the Gemba
During my travels this summer, both personal and for LEI, I’ve been reflecting a lot on the Institute’s 20+ year…
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Getting the Right Product Right, and Other Product Development Trends
As a lean product and process development coach John Drogosz, PhD, works closely with companies in a variety of industries…
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Reflections From Ten Years of Michael Ballé’s Gemba Coach
Since his first Gemba Coach column of ten years ago, Michael Balle has consistently tied his advice to a faithful…
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