How Lean Processes Can Benefit Your Firm’s Cash Flow Picture a traditional manufacturing process. What do you see? Work started well before it’s needed? Items being […]
In the past software development followed the waterfall approach—trying to understand the customer’s new needs and then working on the software development for months, releasing the […]
Underlying the operations of every company is its value delivery system. It is the central processing unit of the entire company. For example, what does it […]
Most lean office initiatives are concerned exclusively with making value stream maps and creating a more efficient business process. But that’s only part of the solution […]
I have spent quite a bit of time helping small manufacturing companies improve their processes during the past three years. Many of these companies are struggling […]
The growth strategy for delivering bottom line results through lean goes something like this: lean improvements create production capacity without adding cost other than direct materials, […]
The companies that over a period of years that successfully implement lean start by overcoming resistance: They set new goals, discard old routines, and celebrate new […]
Recently I met with a client, whose company was making their third attempt to move the needle on their Lean journey. Despite all the previous attempts […]
Unconvinced that Lean can be applied to administrative operations. Here are how some of our clients applied lean in the office to reduce lead time. […]
Because I came out of the chemical processing industry (adhesives and coatings) I sometimes get calls from some of my old colleagues asking about applying lean […]
I have spent quite a bit of time helping small manufacturing companies improve their processes during the past three years. Many of these companies are struggling […]
Recently I met with a client, whose company was making their third attempt to move the needle on their Lean journey. Despite all the previous attempts […]
A failure to improve quality and productivity has left many service firms unable to compete in today’s economic environment. Mergers and downsizing are a short-term response […]
In a perfect world, all employees could visualize the business process in which they work. They would create their work, coordinate activities and manage interfaces, be […]