- 1. Applying Lean to MRO
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- MRO (maintenance, repair and operations) purchasing is one area of procurement that consistently flies under the radar. Might it be a good target for process improvement and cost reduction?Kevin Tacek ...
- 2. The Importance of Future State in VSM
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- Value stream mapping is a critical tool for process improvement. However, many leave out an important component: future state.On the Supply Chain Digest site, Drew Locher explains why this gap is crucial. ...
- 3. What's Better for Performance: Lean or Tech
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- What's the better approach to improving supply chain performance: process improvements via Lean, or technology implementations? It's an interesting question whose answer might depend on which part of the ...
- 4. The Lean 3PL
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- It's obvious that if you're evaluating 3PLs to support a portion of your supply chain, you want to ensure you identify one with a 'quality' culture. But saying it's so doesn't mean it is.According to Steve ...
- 5. Supplier Collaboration is Crucial
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- The value of supplier collaboration is undeniable. If that's the case, then why is it so hard to implement?In a great article on the LeanCor site by John Szoke, an example based on a lean continuous improvement ...
- 6. The Success Trap
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- Success is obviously a worthwhile goal, but it sometimes becomes a hazard to companies that aren't continuously improving. The great Peter Drucker examined this phenomena decades ago and his lessons are ...
- 7. Kaizen Training
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- Employee development is one of the best investments a business can make. Using a continuous improvement approach can make it very effective.Eric Bigelow, in a Reliable Plant blog, tells us how to build ...
- 8. Keeping Ahead of Your Customers
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- In an article on the Huffington Post site, Dorie Clark discusses strategies for staying a step ahead of your customers.Although it doesn't advocate traditional Continuous Improvement methodologies, the ...
- 9. Lean Essentials
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- There's a lot involved in Lean, so much that it's sometimes necessary to review what the essential concepts and tools are that are critical to the approach.In a Process Excellence Network article, Patange ...
- 10. Take the Time to Improve
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- Time is a commodity that none of us has enough of, but you need it to improve. An 'improvement time' policy is a necessity!Tim McMahon, in his A Lean Journey blog, tells us why making time is so important. ...
- 11. Job Satisfaction and Lean
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- Recent research seems to indicate that a significant percentage of American workers just plain don't like their jobs. Help can be found in some unexpected places.Mark Graban on his Lean Blog explains the ...
- 12. Lean in Action
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- We always like to see real-world examples of the topics we see often in this column. The continuous improvement principles of Lean are a good example.How they are used at a Toyota plant (no surprise there) ...
- 13. Here's a Suggestio
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- Al Norval on the Lean Pathways blog tells us how to make a quick and easy change to your ideas for improvement process. The old suggestion box just doesn't work too well in most cases.That's what we like ...
- 14. The Value of Small Changes
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- Tim McMahon's "A Lean Journey" blog has become a favorite based on its content vs. brevity calculation. Tim's latest about the value of small changes is right up my alley.Check it out HE
- 15. Lean Learnings at the Waffle House
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- If you're not familiar with Lean and other continuous improvement methodologies, the process and jargon can seem pretty impenetrable. In a guest post on the Gemba Tales site, John Domagala describes ...
- 16. Lean Healthcare
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- Continuous Improvement methodologies continue to make inroads in our healthcare system. In Healthcare Technology On-Line, Ken Congdon talks about what's been done and where opportunities still exist. ...
- 17. Another Lean Example
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- Quality is important in every facet of our industry. Lean is one of the best approaches around to improve it. I discovered a great example of a minor change that resulted in big savings at Boeing. Mark ...
- 18. Using Pilots
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- What's the best approach to use when implementing a change to fix a problem? Mark Graban has a good idea. In his Lean Blog, he uses an example from a recent trip to make his point. Read it here. ...
- 19. Can You Improve? Continuously?
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- ... born and raised in manufacturing, but it’s most definitely applicable to processes across the business. The tools you’ll often hear about are approaches like 6 Sigma, Lean, and Kaizen. You can find a plethora ...
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