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Too Happy Too Soon Part 1

Our machine shop was assisted by Toyota Supplier Support Center in 1996 to reduce set-ups on our CNC lathes. TSSC had already helped us in a..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, Changeover, SMED, TSSC, Toyota System Support Center, set up times, machining, ohba on December 20 , 2012.

Accidental Revolution

Last week I visited with JVS, a terrific Boston-area organization whose mission “is to empower individuals from diverse communities to find..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, kanban, kaizen, the goal, poka-yoke, JVS on November 26 , 2012.

A Salesman’s Gemba

Bob was an outside salesman in from the field for a sales meeting at the plant. We asked him to stop by to participate with a problem-solving team..
This entry was posted in old lean dude on November 13 , 2012.

A Better Class of Prisoner

I attended a very nice presentation recently by a person who has been leading the Lean charge for several years at a major medical center. As he..
This entry was posted in old lean dude on October 25 , 2012.

Mental Muri Migraine

It's funny, hosting a bunch of Lean thinkers as we did at our recent Northeast region Shingo Prize Conference, that participants tend to be..
This entry was posted in old lean dude on October 09 , 2012.

Lead With Humiliation

Very early in my Lean adventure as a new VP of Operations, when the idea of listening to workers was still a little strange, I returned from a week..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, shingo prize, bruce hamilton, transactional leaders, transformational leaders on October 04 , 2012.

Learning To Share

There’s just one week left before our Northeast region Shingo Conference, so here are some final words about sharing, which is the theme for this..
This entry was posted in old lean dude on September 18 , 2012.

High Level Ignorance

There are important concepts that we learn as children, initially through recitation, and later backfill with deeper meaning: things like the Pledge..
This entry was posted in old lean dude on September 12 , 2012.

Screwed

Our September 25-26 Northeast Region Shingo Conference is all about sharing: information, ideas, problems, plans – all of those things that can make..
This entry was posted in old lean dude on September 11 , 2012.

Point of Abuse

I was in a factory recently that looked like a warehouse. The manager proudly described how they had eliminated their stockroom and brought all..
This entry was posted in old lean dude on September 06 , 2012.

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