Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn In a tight economy, there is an added emphasis on cost reduction, to maintain healthy profitability for the company. At these times, many organizations turn to Six Sigma and / or Lean methods for help. But, the traditional corporate finance worldview prevents Lean [...]
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.
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Through the practice of Genchi Genbutsu, receiving feedback from real customers, and spending time with customers, acting on what customers tell you increases the chances for product/market fit and startup success. Your Baby is Ugly If your product vision is not accepted by [...]
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Once product market fit is achieved and traction is reached, then the next step in Customer Development is Company Building, which means that the goal then is to standardize and optimize and maintain a repeatable and reproducible way to make money. From a [...]
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Steve Blank explains that getting publicity or press too soon can skew your thinking regarding your product. He advises that feedback from real customers is critically more important than press coverage from tech blogs or other type of PR. There is a place [...]
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Taking an idea from The Toyota Production System, Steve Blank explains the principle of Genchi Genbutsu (go and see) as it applies to product development, entrepreneurship, and the startup. In sum, he says (and I agree), that when the company founders and the [...]
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