Summary Since it’s very easy to simply go through the motions when going to the gemba, this episode contains the second half of 10 best practices, tips, and tools. Make use of them and you will take your gemba game to a whole new level! Click here to review the first five best practices for …
10 Best Practices for Going to the Gemba (Part 2) Read More »
Summary Since it’s very easy to simply go through the motions when going to the gemba, this episode contains the first of 10 best practices, tips, and tools. Make use of them and you will take your gemba game to a whole new level! In this episode we cover the first five best practices: Stand …
10 Best Practices for Going to the Gemba (Part 1) Read More »
Summary What is the “gemba” and how do you “go to the gemba” effectively? Today we’re answering your questions! In this episode we explain: What the gemba is and why going to it isn’t enough. The goal for every leader when it comes to the gemba. Why going to the gemba is a lot like …
Why Going To The Gemba Isn’t Enough (And How Going To The Gemba Is More Like Meditating) Read More »
Summary The success of your lean goals truly depend on the strength of your foundation. While so many lean tools come into play–”just in time,” one-piece flow, kaizen, work cells, balanced workloads, scheduling, etc–these are the things that are built upon the foundation. The foundation itself that you need to succeed with lean is quite …
Foundation Problem: When Your Production Team Lacks Real Teamwork Read More »
Many lean implementation efforts have failed for either of two reasons: Individual tools are cherry-picked and implemented individually without understanding that lean tools function together as an integrated system. Or, lean is viewed only as a technical set or tools and the role of people and their behavior is forgotten or neglected. In both situations, an understanding …
