- 21. Keep It Flowing
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- Keeping things moving, whether it's an order picker in your warehouse or the activities in your project plan, is a basic tenet of business. It's also one of the key principles in Lean.In an A Lean Journey ...
- 22. Collaboration Tools
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- In today's world, collaboration within the enterprise is more important than ever. Dion Hinchcliffe on the Enterprise Irregulars site does us all a favor by evaluating some of the more common collaboration ...
- 23. The Social Supply Chain
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- Supply chain management hasn't been on the leading edge of utilizing social networking technology, but it's beginning to get the message.Adrian Gonzalez on the Logistics Viewpoints site goes through the ...
- 24. The 80/20 Rule
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- Pareto's '80/20' rule is one of those business truths that seems to be universal. It's extremely useful in continuous improvement efforts. In his A Lean Journey blog, Tim McMahon tells us why it's ...
- 25. The 3 M's of Lea
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- The Lean process of continuous improvement covers a lot of ground, but most people consider it to be the elimination of waste. That's just one of the M's (Muda) of the approach.Read about the other key ...
- 26. Let's Be Positiv
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- As a manager, do you realize the benefit of promoting a positive environment for your team? It doesn't happen by itself- you have to make it happen.Tim McMahon, in his A Lean Journey blog, provides a number ...
- 27. No Excuses
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- In a lean environment, excuses are symptomatic of a problem with communication. Leaders should be focused on fixing problem and ensuring they don't reoccur, while employees should have the same goals.In ...
- 28. Solving Problems
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- If you're involved in Continuous Improvement or the Lean process, you're a problem solver. You also realize there's always ways to improve your ability to problem-solve.Tim McMahon has a great list of ...
- 29. Addressing Change
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- Change is often hard to accept by employees, especially those impacted most by it. If you want to improve, though, you have to do it.Tim McMahon on the A Lean Journey site talks about the causes of the ...
- 30. Lean Beginnings
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- Quite often, it's tough to take that first step. You need a little bit of a plan before you begin to move forward. Getting involved in continuous improvement may sound like a huge undertaking, but if you ...
- 31. Better Teamwork Yields Better Decisions
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- How can you make meetings more effective? That's a topic Tim McMahon takes on in a recent blog on his A Lean Journey site.There are several practical tips shared that can make a difference when you're ...
- 32. Attitude and Behavior
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- In your work life, both attitude and behavior are key drivers for success. Are they always in synch?Tim McMahon addresses those concepts and discusses how leaders can affect them in his A Lean Journey ...
- 33. Continuous Improvement Tips
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- Tim McMahon's 'A Lean Journey' site is a great resource for suggestions on continuous improvement. They've just published a list of their best tips...They may seem pretty simple, but I guarantee that if ...
- 34. Continuously Improving Government
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- Continuous Improvement for the public sector seems like a perfect fit. Any entity that's under almost constant criticism regarding waste is an obvious candidate for Lean.In his A Lean Journey blog, Tim ...
- 35. Learn From a Lean Leader
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- It's often instructive to look at how industry leaders operate. FastCap is a leader in the application of Lean processes to its business, and Tim McMahon thought it'd be a good idea to spin his readers ...
- 36. Empowerment to the People
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- Empowerment is one of the keys to management. There's usually a lot of lip service paid to it, but not necessarily a lot beyond that.In his A Lean Journey blog, Tim McMahon shares some of the best approaches ...
- 37. ec-bp and Social Media
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- ec-bp has been participating in social media for nearly as long as the platforms have existed... that is, I've been participating in Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google + since each of them became available ...
- 38. Invest in Supplier Management
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- There's an awful amount of buzz going on, and investment in, social media by corporations. Is that a wise use of resources?On the Spend Matters site, Jason Busch argues that spending money on the basics ...
- 39. Eliminate Rework
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- We all make mistakes, and we all hurry to correct them so we can return to our 'normal' routine. Is this the right approach?In his A Lean Journey blog, Tim McMahon writes about the need to eliminate the ...
- 40. Sweat the Small Stuff
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- Creating a successful continuous improvement culture is often built upon constantly making small improvements. This is often at odds with those who are 'big picture' types.Tim McMahon on his Lean Journey ...
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