Many metrics are important for measuring performance and leading kaizen improvements at an organization. Ask any consultant or ready any book and you will soon have an alphabet soup of important metrics (e.g. SQDCM)! But there is ONE metric that is more important than any other. Customers won’t care about your pricing, your delivery terms, …
The #1 Lean Metric (Any Angry Customer Will Tell You About It) Read More »
This lean Valentine’s day video came by a total surprise. It’s just one more way in which lean follows us everywhere–even at home. Now, maybe your spouse happens to already be taking steps towards a lean life, and if so, consider yourself lucky! If not, you might be surprised at some simple ways that you …
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Checkout my new introductory video on kaizen! The complete video series is available via my QuickSmarts collection, which is available in all training memberships. References and Resources Course: Kaizen Best Practices Article: Lean 101 – Kaizen Article: Lean 101 – 5S Productivity Article: Lean 101 – 8 Wastes of Lean
We love 2 Second Lean by Paul Akers. It’s simple, and it captures the spirit of the time-tested concept of kaizen. Recently, we bought a new house, which means we’ve had lots of little things to do around the house to make our home comfortable, efficient, and fun! In this video we show off 10 …
Recently I was asked for a video on the waste of transportation and to go past the simple explaination of “trucks,” so I came up with this! Discover two factors that influence the waste of transportation inside organizations and between team members, departments, and production lines.Learn more about the wastes of lean in our FREE …
Discover how to make doing the laundry WAY easier by applying the concepts of 5S and reduced batch size! By reducing the batch size of clothes in our laundry process we’re simplifying our weekly laundry and making it more manageable. This reduces the waste of over production and the overburden that follows! Learn more about …
