Where to Focus Improvements for Employee Engagement
I am re-reading the book, Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense Approach to a Continuous Improvement Strategy by Masaaki Imai (founder of
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Rise Against Hunger Awarded Inaugural IISE Excellence in Sustainable Development
Rise Against Hunger is an international hunger relief nonprofit organization founded in 1998 that distributes food and life-changing aid to
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Why I like using the Ideal State Mapping approach
During Value Stream Mapping or Process Mapping events, I facilitate a team through the current state map of the process,
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Combining DMAIC and lean events to maximize process improvements
The DMAIC approach for process improvement is the foundation for Six Sigma, and I have grown to appreciate it more
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8 ways why batching is bad for your business
One of the most common questions we get when reviewing a process: “What’s wrong with batching? I can produce so
Read moreHow many of the 50 Best Practices for Process Excellence has your company implemented?
Lee Pollock and Mark Kiemele are authors of a new book, Reversing the Culture of Waste – 50 Best Practices to
Read moreReducing your time might seem like lean, but you can easily anger your customers
Lean is about increasing value to your customer. Often times, this requires you to eliminate waste in the process. However,
Read moreWe don’t need any help, we are already lean!
“Lean and Six Sigma are only for manufacturing organizations!” “Our processes/company is unique, so that won’t work here!” “We’re already
Read moreCost savings from process improvements can be misleading
I’ve been to many conferences, and have seen lots of companies claim cost savings and metric improvements that are very
Read moreStart simple before you map your processes
We see a lot of different processes at various levels of process performance. Some are running near six sigma levels,
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