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One cultural aspect of American business that is both a driving force and a curse is our obsession with getting results. It does not matter...

It is not important to know “how to kaizen” as it is “to kaizen”. It does not matter so much if we start with 5S on our lean journey as it ...

When we say company metrics, many of us quickly think of Cost, Quality, Safety, Delivery and Morale. All are important metrics for any comp...

According to the USA Today, printed in the Friday, May 7th, 2010 edition, a glimmer of economic hope is seeming given with news of U.S. prod...

Got Boondoggle is proud to host this edition of the Management Improvement Carnival. Please check out the following top posts from follow l...

In the movie, A Few Good Men, Jack Nicholson playing the role of a hard-core, old-school, tough-as-nails Marine Colonel delivers the famous ...

I strongly believe that one of the keys to a successful lean transformation is management involvement, not just management support. Involvem...

Many times in manufacturing career I have struggled in dealing with the dilemma of producing the cats and dogs. The cats and dogs are those ...

As we embrace many of the lean ways including shifting to a more visual management approach, be careful not to turn a good visual management...

The SMED system which stands for Single Minute Exchange of Dies, developed by Shigeo Shingo and published in his 1985 book, guides us to ach...

There are many types of kanban. A kanban could be cards, bins, containers, trays, carts, spots on the floor, golf balls, ping pong balls ju...

James Marsh, Senior Researcher at Sheffield Hallam University is requesting our help in the lean community on his research project exploring...

If you are looking to boost your output or increase your responsiveness to customer demand but want to avoid the significant capital costs o...

It is with mixed emotion that I am officially leaving my position as Lean Sensei at Batesville Casket Company. I am happy with all that we a...

Knowing is better than guessing. Seeing is better than hearing. Doing is better than talking.

One focus on the lean manufacturing path is the pursuit of perfection. When this point is brought up, many people don’t believe perfection i...

After reading Mark Graban’s post, 10 Things I Wish Lean Practitioners Wouldn’t Say in 2010 on his Lean Blog , I thought it was interesting ...

Be Prepared is the motto of the Boy Scouts and most likely the simplest method for productivity improvement. Lord Robert Baden-Powell, found...

One of the principles of the lean approach is long term thinking with focus on adding value to our customers and society. We are taught to ...

I just finished reading an inspirational book “Play to Win, The Make a Difference Gameplan” by Tom Karbowski , a co-worker from Southern Ind...