by Pete Abilla on March 14, 2012
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Every year about this time in the United States, people scramble to get their taxes done. I’m no exception. But thankfully, with the help of tax professionals and Turbotax, there is plenty of help to decode and understand the convoluted tax laws that we have [...]
by Pete Abilla on March 1, 2012
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn There’s a story shared among lean practitioners that illustrates the dogmatic approach to lean manufacturing that, in part, has given lean the perception that it is detached from anything important to the organization. In other words, when a Lean Transformation doesn’t align to [...]
by Pete Abilla on February 21, 2012
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn We’re pleased to have Cliff Lowe as a guest blogger today and for him to share his thoughts with us on what many of us take for granted: floor visual management and the importance of that type of communication design for lean manufacturing. [...]
by Pete Abilla on February 20, 2012
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn We know from the Theory of Constraints that every system has a bottleneck. The goal, then, isn’t to eliminate the bottleneck, but learn how to manage the overall system by effectively managing the constraint in that system. This is true in most cases. [...]
by Pete Abilla on January 26, 2012
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Bypassing any expected change management effort or cultural transformation, nothing gets a group of employees moving than an executive order. That’s exactly what the Governor of the State of Washington did – has executed an executive order for government employees to apply Lean [...]