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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
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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…

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May 25, 2016
Blog / Manufacturing

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…

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May 24, 2016
Blog / Manufacturing / Material Management

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…

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May 17, 2016
Blog / Lean Simulation / Manufacturing

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…

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May 13, 2016
Blog / Manufacturing

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…

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May 13, 2016
Blog / Line Design / Manufacturing

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.…

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May 12, 2016
Blog / Line Design / Manufacturing

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…

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May 12, 2016
Blog / Manufacturing / Material Management

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…

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May 10, 2016
Blog / Lean Simulation

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,…

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May 5, 2016
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