Archive for November 2019
What is Lean Office? Not just a 5S but value to customers.
Are you working in an office and you want a “Lean Office”? Read below, and you will discover something interesting. Every company has offices that perform administrative tasks. Honestly, I bet everything I have that you have a very few numbers of administrative tasks that go smoothly. Is not it? This is the reason why…
Read MoreHow can risk foresight lead to AI insight?
EY poses the relevant question in this thought-provoking article: When it can take only one mistake — or a perception of a mistake — for a user to stop trusting AI, how can you earn and sustain user trust? For every challenge in business is an opportunity for AI, however, organizations are holding back in…
Read MoreThe Simplicity of Lean
This is an except from Chapter-1, Introduction from my book, “The Simplicity of Lean”. Lean means many things to many people and its success or failure is important to a large number of stakeholders: customers, employees, management, shareholders, suppliers, and society as a whole. Is Lean a toolkit? Is it about cost saving? Is it…
Read MoreHow to Calculate an Ideal Manufacturing Cycle Time
Editor’s Note: The following question comes courtesy of Reddit. I was on Reddit, saw this inquiry and found it interesting. Given that Larry Fast writes our Ask the Expert: Lean Leadership column, I asked him to weigh in on it—which he did in the following column. If you have a question you would like Larry to address, please use this form to submit it. We want your questions.—Jill Jusko, associate content director.
Read MoreAdopt an Intentional Approach to Change
Change left unattended isn’t change. It’s just an idea or a hope that becomes an unfulfilled expectation that’s disappointing and often costly. Jeff Nevenhoven NOV 04, 2019 Picture yourself taking on a personal improvement goal like getting in shape and losing some weight. You set a date for reaching certain goals like how much you…
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