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Lean Lessons from COVID
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You may recognize the quote from Friedrich Nietzsche – or more recently from Kelly Clarkson 🙂 “What doesn’t kill you makes your stronger.” I’ve..
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December 30 , 2021.
You’re My #1 Customer
I sat on the phone on hold this morning, serenaded by Christmas music, interrupted periodically by a recorded message, “Your call is very..
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December 17 , 2021.
The Power of Commitment
As promised in my last post, here is another tribute to Mr. Hajime Oba: In 1996, TSSC (Toyota Production System Support Center) began working..
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November 15 , 2021.
My First Lesson
Just a little over a year ago we lost Hajime Oba, one of the great pioneers of TPS learning in the US. In 1992, he was the founding manager of..
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September 10 , 2021.
When PDCA Meets Silos
PDCA – Plan, Do, Check, Act (or Adjust) — is one of those acronymic concepts that regularly finds its way into Lean discussions. Descended from..
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June 30 , 2021.
IoT, Industry 4.0 & 21st Century Lean
Just two days to go before our 16th Annual Northeast L.E.A.N. Conference, an opportunity for all of us to put aside the tactical realities of..
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October 05 , 2020.
Trivia Break
I woke up this morning to some very unsettling news, or should I say yet another crescendo in seven months of unsettling news. Wishing the..
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October 02 , 2020.
Standard Units
“What’s measured improves.” So said famed management consultant and author, Peter Drucker. Assuming we are measuring the right things, how do..
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October 01 , 2020.
Superficial Improvement
Several years ago, I wrote a post (worth a quick re-read) entitled, “Rosie the Robot,” wondering how technology changes that have emerged in this..
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September 30 , 2020.
Us and Them
Lean Peeve #7 is about the human divide that kills continuous improvement: Us & Them Over years of listening to persons describe their work, one..
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September 29 , 2020.