problems – Business Performance Improvement (BPI)

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Survey Shows Daily Huddles Improve Communication and Engagement

One of the first improvements I suggest for organizations is a daily huddle, if they do not currently have one

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Reducing 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,

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Simple Business Approach to Continuous Improvement

As we rolled out our Six Ideas to Improve Your Business Today, we got some feedback that businesses are looking

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Six business improvement ideas you can implement today!

Sometimes us consultants get a bad reputation for making things more complicated than they need to be. We turn people

Lean Six Sigma Bursts

We share our takes and thoughts on a variety of topics related to process improvement (specifically Lean and Six Sigma methods), Bursts are rapid improvement activities, so this sounded like a good word to use for these short audio clips. We’ll try to keep them under 5 minutes each.

In one of my recent Lean classes, I discuss the difference between planning kaizen events and working kaizen events. Planning events end up with a 90-day implemenatation plan. Working events end up with 80% completion of actions by the end of the event, with 30 days to complete the remaining 20% of the actions. I try and encourage more working sessions, but planning is sometimes really important to decide where to focus the working sessions in the future.

To better understand this podcast, watch the State of Washington VSM video (about 10 minutes).

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