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Accountability or Authority?

Reflecting on McGregor’s X and Y Theories of human motivation, Shigeo Shingo took the position that each of us by nature has a dual tendency: sometimes lazy and self-interested, and other times motivated and generous. Which of these behaviors...

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Total Employee Involvement and Lean Manufacturing

A daisy rising from my brick walkway reminded me this morning, that even in the worst environment, there is a chance for growth. But this kind of...

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Lean Enterprise Excellence and Alignment with Shingo Model

Because, to succeed on your journey to enterprise-wide excellence, organizations must have management systems in place that ALIGN work and behavior...

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Value Stream Mapping: Are You Doing it Correctly?

GBMP wants to make sure they are so be sure to join us on July 9-10 at Abiomed in Danvers, MA for an excellent 2-day workshop during which students...

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How do you conduct a Lean System Assessment?

It is management’s role to continuously assess the current condition of the Lean implementation and provide appropriate support and motivation to...

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Systems Suppressing the Potential of your Lean Initiative?

Probably. To overcome this obstacle, let's begin with a discussion of management’s role in a Continuous Improvement system? Most often when employees...

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Manage & Sustain Lean Transformation

by Bruce Hamilton, President of GBMP, co-author of the "E2 Continuous Improvement System" & author of the blog "OldLeanDude".

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