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  • Lean Resources from LMSPI – Breakthrough Newsletter0

    Today we are going to highlight a consulting firm from Tennessee called the Lean Manufacturing Solutions Partnership, Inc (LMSPI). LMSPI seeks to be a Lean manufacturing resource that establishes a lean enterprise within each manufacturing management team. They define a Lean Enterprise as one that aligns the efforts of entire company leadership and staff to

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  • The Importance of Going to the Gemba0

    The other day while working with a team on a rework reduction activity the team leader learned a great lesson. He learned “Genchi Genbutsu” which literally means “actual place, actual thing”. It is commonly referred to as “Go See the Problem”. The team had made several improvements to reduce manual entries of data to reduce

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  • The Roots of LeanSigma0

    The other day I came across an interesting video called the Roots of LeanSigma. This video was done by the TBM Consulting Group who claims to have coined the term LeanSigma in 1997 with Maytag after a successful improvement effort including both Lean and Six Sigma. I am not sure how many people are familiar

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  • How Can Making Toast Teach You About Lean?

    How Can Making Toast Teach You About Lean?0

    What simpler, more familiar, process is there than making toast? No matter your background, education, or culture everyone has made toast at some point. Why not use this process to explain kaizen and teach people how to “see” the eight wastes? Well that is exactly what the Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership (GBMP) has done in

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  • Make Failure Acceptable0

    I visited a plant recently that was struggling to implement Lean. This plant was having difficulty keeping up with the customer demand. They were operating like a traditional push factory producing large batches utilizing all available resources. What you observed was lots of material and product on the factory floor not moving, poorly utilized process,

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  • Creative Safety Supply0

    Along your Lean Journey it is helpful to have resources at your disposal to aid in your transformation. Mike Wilson, a reader of A Lean Journey, wanted to share his company with others in the Lean community as a resource. Creative Safety Supply specializes in Facility Floor Marking, Aisle Marking, 5S Products, and Ergonomic Solutions.

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Tim McMahon is a Lean implementation leader, author, and blogger. As a Lean practitioner, Tim brings more 25 years of leadership experience implementing Lean manufacturing. Trained by disciples of the Toyota Production System, he worked in a Shingo Prize winning facility.

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