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Articles on Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, and The Toyota Production System

The Toyota Production System, or Lean Manufacturing as it has come to be called, is the production system developed by Toyota to identify and eliminate waste. It’s pillars are Continuous Improvement and Respect for People. It’s methodology includes both a worldview and tools to make work better through the systematic elimination of waste and a thorough approach to developing people.

Cigarette Sin Tax and Lean Six Sigma Deployments

by Pete Abilla on September 23, 2010

how to pay lower taxes

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn What motivates an individual and an organization is sometimes not aligned with the rewards system we put in place to encourage a higher level of performance. We see this dynamic in the cigarette sin tax situation where a higher sin tax does not [...]

Medical Alert, Visual Management

by Pete Abilla on September 22, 2010

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn The ability for healthcare workers to make split-second decisions with the help of visual cues could mean life or death for a patient. This means, then, in an emergency situation, what visual cues can enable healthcare workers to make those split-second decisions on [...]

Intimately Know Your Customer

by Pete Abilla on September 9, 2010

know needs of customer

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Steve Blank explains that successful entrepreneurs intimately know their customers – what pain do they experience, how they buy, why they buy, what problems do they face and why, and what solutions they might need.

Earth Kaizen

by Pete Abilla on September 8, 2010

earth kaizen, applying lean to the environment

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn In May 2010, Jeff Bezos held a press conference where he fielded questions about environmental stewardship and what Amazon.com is doing about it. Here are a few key points and how Jeff Bezos and Amazon.com are using the principles of Lean thinking toward [...]

organizational design, governance

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn A startup is not a junior version of a big company. That means the roles and responsibilities are not the same. In fact, most organizational schemes that make sense for larger companies are not right for the startup. In fact, Steve Blank argues [...]



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