Bad Habits in Lean
What if I told you that there was a pill available that would make you heart-attack proof, dramatically reduce your risk for diabetes, and shield…
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June 2, 2016
Trump, Jobs, and Lean Specialists
This morning (May 25, 2016) I turned on Morning Joe for just a few minutes while eating breakfast, and learned (or was reminded of) some interesting things:Donald…
May 25, 2016
4 Ways to Stand Out as a Lean Specialist
If you are a Lean Specialist, or a Lean Consultant, or just someone who is interested in Lean, you need to know that the field…
May 24, 2016
Is Kanban Obsolete?
For years I taught the following regarding Kanban as a method for material delivery. First, Kanban is a pull system, and pull is good, push…
May 17, 2016
Finally, Do it Yourself Simulation Modeling
In the year 2000 I left this consulting company to join one of the leading simulation modeling engineering firms in California, the Kiran Consulting Group…
May 13, 2016
Do the Lean Math to Assess Moving Production
This post is inspired by an e-letter written by Jim Womack of the Lean Enterprise Institute, on the subject of sourcing from overseas, or moving production…
May 13, 2016
Self-Balancing Line Podcast
In this podcast Leonardo Group principal Richard Rahn talks to the author of the book The Basics of Self-Balancing Processes: True Lean Continuous Flow, Gordon Ghirann.…
May 12, 2016
13-Step Method for Lean Design
Here's the process that we follow for designing a Mixed Model Line, summarized into 13 distinct steps. The topics discussed in this post can be…
May 12, 2016
Shocker: Inventory Reduction Does Not Reduce Direct Costs
I run into this question fairly often. If you reduce inventory by $1,000,000, then the benefit or savings is $1,000,000, right? I have seen this…
May 10, 2016
Future Shock: Lean Process Design in 2025
I usually find that no matter how brilliant and original an insight I think I might have, a Google search uncovers 32 websites, 12 companies,…
May 5, 2016