Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Wasteful packaging and overuse of corrugate is a huge source of environmental waste as well as a huge cost hog to an organization. The root cause of overuse of corrugate is that we, by and large, are not good at matching the box [...]
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 There is a great interview with Apple’s head Industrial Designer, Jonathan Ive, on the relationship between design, material science, and usability. What is fascinating about that interview is that he settles the false dichotomy that often appears in the form of: manufacturing or [...]
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn In the May edition of Inbound Logistics, there’s a good article on Warehouse Safety, written by Stanley Stone, Vice President of Safety at Penske Logistics1. Here is his article, with my occasional input inserted. START AT THE TOP: While everyone is responsible for their [...]
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn In Lean Management, the phrase “learn to see” was not coined by accident. John Shook and company chose a great term to describe the transformation that happens when individuals and organizations learn the difference between value, waste, and they begin to see old [...]
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Visual Management works – making things obvious, exposing “normal” conditions versus “abnormal” conditions, showing standard work through visual aids, exposing problems – all through effective use of visual management – is just plain good business practice. But, One can go too far also. [...]
 |
 |
 |
 |
How To Be A Human
Six Sigma Workbook For Dummies — The Raffle
Jeff Bezos and Root Cause Analysis
A Mindless Worker is a Happy Worker
The Apple iPhone Supply Chain
The Toyota A3 Report
Ask Mary Poppendieck Anything!
A Lean Case Interview
Batch-and-Queue or Single-Piece Flow
Multi-Tasking Leads to Lower Productivity
queueing theory: part 1
Zero Defects is Wrong Approach
Overmanaged and Underled
Pull Systems, Push Systems: The Paper Airplane Game
Queueing, Disneyland, and FastPass
Operational Excellence is not a Substitute for Effective Leadership or a Good Strategy
Quality and Continuous Improvement; 