Lean Six Sigma Professionals and Their Future
The Future of Lean Six Sigma Professionals Lean Six Sigma is the combined art and science of eliminating waste and...
Year: 2014
Using Kaizen…to Eat Sushi?
Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Think Draw Kaizen, commonly referred to as “continuous improvement,” proves very helpful in many workplaces. Businesses and organizations...
Kaizen at the Food Bank
Photo: Flickr/Salvation Army USA West What if kaizen and lean thinking were implemented at a charity like a food bank?...
Does 3-D Printing Have a Role in Lean Manufacturing?
Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Subhasish Panigrahi A lean workplace seeks ways to make itself more productive and more efficient, and a recent...
LEAN Customer Service – Customer Service Could Learn A Thing or Two From Lean
Just this week, a Lean discussion in my favorite LinkedIn professional group cropped up and talked about the eight types...
5 Steps for Lean Manufacturing Implementation
Whether you are implementing lean manufacturing techniques for the first time, or you are beginning a new project and you...
Continuous Improvement in Sports, Teaching and Beyond
Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Kerelin Molina When we talk about continuous improvement—sometimes referred to by the Japanese term kaizen—we often discuss it...
Safety Lean Manufacturing – 5 Ways to Combine Safety and Lean
Improving and Implementing Safety Lean Manufacturing When people look at facility improvement opportunities they often look at process improvement methodologies,...
Continuous Improvement Applied to Safety at Toyota
Photo: Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing A recent article at EHS Today explains how a Toyota plant that manufactures forklifts in Columbus,...
Lean Featured in GE Capital TV Commercial
Mark Graban over at Lean Blog recently wrote about a GE Capital TV commercial that includes the Lean turnaround process in...