toyota lean manufacturing – Business Performance Improvement (BPI)

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How do Lean Techniques Improve Quality?

The two most popular process improvement initiatives in businesses today are Lean and Six Sigma. Both methodologies are rooted in

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Myths about Toyota and why this is the improvement book you must read!

Toyota Kata is one of the most popular books in the process improvement community right now (summer of 2014). I’ve

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.

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