Reinforce the idea of making your workplace “speak” via visual controls in this 60 second video! It’s part of our series of Lean Micro Lessons. Use them in your daily standup meetings and other contexts to emphasize an important lean concept.
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There is a lot of value to a production schedule that works. But it’s not just finishing the work at a time that you planned! The heartbeat of many lean processes is a built-in PDCA loop of “plan vs. actual” performance. In the case of the production schedule at the Lean Donut Shop, we made
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Quite often the process for doing something is at fault for the lack of teamwork in an organization. Poor process design can isolate individuals or otherwise make it challenging for them to truly work together. At the Lean Donut Shop we struggled to coordinate kitchen prep activities because when we first opened the storefront all
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