It’s not shipping on time that matters; it is receiving on time. That is true for you, and for your customers. That means manufacturers can …
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Category Archives: Lean-Manufacturing
Learning from Observation
CEOs, COOs, and consultants like myself do NOT know everything. We shouldn’t pretend to, nor expect ourselves to. We do need to constantly focus on …
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Lean is NOT Toyota’s system
Last week’s podcast exposed my frustration with executives and journalists who claim to understand lean but obviously, to me and my opinionated thinking, do not. Today …
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JIT is NOT the Problem!
The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times are fact-based high-quality newspapers. Each has acquired ‘political leanings’ in some of their writing, but for …
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Push or Pull, Revisited
Some insist that “electronic Kanban,” an alleged “pull” system, and increased ERP responsiveness replace the pull of a visual gemba-based kanban. Not true. Whether push …
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Continuous Learning Outperforms Continuous Improvement
Why is CI insufficient for long term success, and what can you do about it? Here is advice for all manufacturing leaders to create operations …
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Why Lean Fails So Often
Just Because They Call It Lean Does Not Mean That It Is
Rebecca examines the system behind the tools, which is what Lean Manufacturing really means.
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Vaccinations and Excellence
Why 75% Of Companies Fail At Lean Transformation
Rebecca shares how to become one of the few who succeed at realizing the potential of lean.
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