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How can lean be sustained across a decentralized group geographically spread...
Hello everyone, This week's post is shared from TheLeanEdge.org, where I participate monthly. The question posed was:How can lean be sustained across a decentralized group geographically spread...
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What do effective leaders actually do every day? GTS4 (to the Fourth power)!!
Hey guys, Im sharing my post from the new Lean Post at the Lean Enterprise Institute, read below or check it out on Lean.org --http://www.lean.org/LeanPost/Posting.cfm?LeanPostId=43What is GTS to the...
View ArticleHow can the Chief Information Officer contribute to a lean transformation?
Hello everyone, Sharing with you my post from Theleanedge.org (Michael Balle's) website of Lean Practitioners coming together and answering questions about Lean transformation/implementation.The...
View ArticleHow do you involve and organization in PDCA and Lean Thinking across all...
I would like to share another post I contributed to on Michael Balle's The Lean Edge - theleanedge.org check it out other opinions from Lean Authors and Practitioner's!!How do you involve and...
View ArticleIs there a lean approach to organizing value through the value chain? When to...
Hello everyone! Happy Holidays to you all!! This post is shared from my post on http://www.theleanedge.orgQuestion this month:Is there a lean approach to organizing value throughout the value...
View ArticleStandardized Work for Kaizen: Define, Achieve, Maintain, Improve
Hello everyone and Happy New Year! Wow its 2014 seems 2013 went by in a flash. I guess time flies when your teaching Lean right :).?I would like to share with you my post from The Lean Post by The...
View ArticleWhat is the place of temporary workers in Lean?
Hello everyone, Is it Spring yet?Im sharing my post from theleanedge.org hosted by author Michael Balle'. The question on the The Lean Edge I answered was:What is the place of temporary workers in...
View ArticleHow do you make time for improvement?
Hello everyone, I'm bringing this post to you from theleanedge.org where I contribute to the questions there posted by Michael Balle'. This weeks question is one many ask of me in my sessions....
View ArticleWhat is the role of a sensei in your organization?
Hello everyone, it's hard to believe it is summer-time already. The year is going by quickly. Ernie and I are traveling a lot this year continuing to spread the good word about lean and how companies...
View ArticleKaizen? Good or Bad- In what cases do kaizen events help and when do they...
Hello everyone, these weeks posts comes from theleanedge.org. Its a great question I get in many of my sessions. See my thoughts before to the question.I always like to discuss the concept of Kaizen...
View ArticleCEO's journey with Lean- How to get everyone on board?
Hello everyone,It's already past mid year and we are saying hello to July. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer. Ernie and myself find ourselves teaching all over the U.S. Met lots of great...
View ArticleHow do you deal with difficult people in the workforce - especially when it...
Hey everyone, is it really August? The summer is flying by. This weeks post is about dealing with workers who may not be totally "bought in" to a Lean implementation. Check out theleanedge.org w/...
View ArticleWhat is the difference between Visual Management and Visual Control?
This month my blog post comes from theleanedge.org again. The question of the month was - What is the difference between Visual Management and Visual Control. Please take a look at Michael Balle's...
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Live Podcast Interview- Teaching Lean the Toyota Way with Ernie and myself by...
Hello everyone, I'm very excited to share with you a live Podcast interview by the Gemba Academy w Ron Pereira. He interviewed Ernie Richardson (my husband) and myself about various aspects of lean,...
View ArticlePlease follow Ernie and I on our new Business Facebook page!
Hello everyone, Wanted to share with our followers that we created a new Facebook Page for Teaching Lean Inc. Keep up with all the great things we are sharing about Lean on a weekly basis! Please...
View ArticleWhat are the Key Competencies to needed for a KPO position within an...
Hello @thetoyotagal followers,This post comes to you from theleanedge.org with Michael Balle' - The question this month was:What would you say the most pertinent competencies are for a team member to...
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GTS6 = E3 = DNA - Take a look inside if you want to break the code !!!!
Hey everyone, I'm #crossblogging again :). I seem to be writing for so many other sites that I don't have enough "home-time" to write on my own blog. I want to make sure that everyone gets a chance to...
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What should be the "target" value-add percentage in a process?
Hello everyone, Happy New Year a little late. I was traveling on the road all of Jan so this was my first week at home. Sorry for the blog delay. Trying to spread the good words of "Lean Thinking"...
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Got Questions about Lean culture and Problem Solving? Ernie and I will be on...
Ernie and myself are doing an "Ask us anything" post about Lean culture and Problem Solving and any other lean questions. If you would like to join in. Visit...
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"Lean Thinking" in NASCAR- if you look close enough it's everywhere you GO !!
Lean Tools in By Ernie and Tracey RichardsonOwners-Teaching Lean Inc. So Ernie and I attended the 2015 Daytona 500 this year with a little different lens than usual. We were fortunate to receive...
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