• Lean Simulation: Your Source for Lean Games and Training Tools

    Lean Simulation: Your Source for Lean Games and Training Tools0

    There is a new blog within the Lean community called Lean Simulations.  This is the creation of Martin Boersema, a Lean practitioner from the Toronto area.    The goal of this site is to create a resource or repository for training simulations, videos, and other tools for sharing and learning.  Martin explains this in his own words: 

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  • Customizing Lean Your Way0

    It is important that you apply Lean thinking to solve your own problems. Since every business and industry is different the problems are also different. While we can all learn from each other we must customize our solution if we want the countermeasure to be effective and sustained. A common area you see custom solutions

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  • Bring Your Green to Work

    Bring Your Green to Work0

    Continuing this weeks discussion a Lean and Green has brought me to another resources for reducing energy at the work place. Energy Star has created an environmental challenge for organizations across the country. The ENERGY STAR Challenge is a national call-to-action to improve the energy efficiency of America’s commercial and industrial buildings by 10 percent or

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  • Free Lean, a site worth visiting

    Free Lean, a site worth visiting0

    What do you get when you combine free and Lean?  Well, the FreeLeanSite.com. Jay Watson is the Lean thinker behind this site. It grew from a passion of implementing Lean on the shop floor at companies like Motorola, Honeywell, and General Electric. He started the site to make “lean thinking” concepts of continuous improvement highly

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  • Radio Lean – Your Lean Implementation Information Station

    Radio Lean – Your Lean Implementation Information Station0

    I recently came across a good resource online for learning about Lean.  RadioLean is an internet broadcast website.  The mission of RadioLean is to promote operational excellence in all types and sizes of organizations by providing Lean content, education, resources, and networking opportunities for our listeners. Mike Wall, started and hosts RadioLean is a Lean Practitioner, Educator,

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  • Review: Lean Thinking Cards

    Review: Lean Thinking Cards0

    The Lean educator in me is always looking for effective ways to teach and reinforce Lean Thinking.  I recently had the opportunity to review a great educational product called the Lean Product Cards.  The Lean Thinking Pocket Cards pictured above were created by Pascal Dennis teach Lean concepts with a light touch. The images are funny, intuitive,

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