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  • Lean, Visualization, and Current Events0

    I was watching Fox News the other day and they had a story called “Health Care Reform Visual”. They highlighted a video that Matthias Shapiro did using pennies to visual the financial numbers being talked about with Health Care Reform. Now you might say, what does this have to do with Lean? Well, the answer

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  • LSS Academy Guide to Lean Manufacturing0

    I believe those in the Lean community who are practitioners and educators are always learning from our own experiences and from others. There is great benefit in sharing what you have learned along the way with others. It is from this activity real learning, reflection, and improvement takes place. Ron Pereira from LSS Academy has

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  • Simple Kanban with Golf Balls

    Simple Kanban with Golf Balls0

    Ron Pereira at the LSS Academy shared a great example of an inexpensive visual control using plastic cups. This has inspired me to share a kanban system employed in one of our factories that utilizes golf balls. As inventoried product is consumed by the customer a card signal is sent to a processing area to

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  • Is the glass half full or half empty?

    Is the glass half full or half empty?0

    I was with a consultant the other day doing a training event and he said to a small group of us that he had a simple Lean definition. He drew a picture on a piece paper of a glass of water like this He asked “Is the glass half full or half empty?” The optimists

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  • Use of Name Tokens on a Shared Shadow Board

    Use of Name Tokens on a Shared Shadow Board0

    As part of this journey to find “True North” it is important to share best practices. A common saying in the Lean community is to “steal shamelessly”. We often follow this up with “adopt then adapt”, meaning to implement improvement then work to improve said improvement. Recently, I observed an activity that is worth sharing.

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  • Not All Groups are Teams

    Not All Groups are Teams0

    Highly empowered and effective teams are the key to compete in today’s world of high technology processes, six sigma quality and continuous innovation. We have all heard the adage that “There is No I in Team” but what does that really mean? A group is two or more people who interact with each other to

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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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