Lean Tool Deep Dive: The A3X
In his August Blog entry titled “Continuous Improvement: Filling the Gap Between Floor Workers and Senior Management,” Jacob Nance briefly touches on the A3X. In this post, my aim is to build upon...
View ArticleA Culture of Continuous Improvement
The constant drive of process improvement is the key to a successful organization. Many organizations fail to succeed because they place this accountability on leaders instead of people actually doing...
View Article9 Tips On How To Implement Lean At Home
Over the years I have heard front-line associates say, “It feels like they’re imposing lean on us.” Middle managers often feel threatened as lean principles expose problems at their levels. There is...
View ArticleMaking Sense of Lean – Everything I Know About Lean I Learned in First Grade...
Everything I Know About Lean I Learned in First Grade As a brand new employee and person to lean, I was a little intimidated during my first week of work at a “lean enterprise.” I came to LeanCor...
View ArticleEveryday Lean: Find The Answer Not The Blame
We hear and learn about Lean day by day and we tend to think that we really understand the basic principles. Continuous improvement, river of waste, visual management, etc. We learn, process, and...
View ArticleSpecial Post: Healing Supply Chain Pain (A Multi-Client Case Study)
Hello Lean Logistics Blog Readers, This week we are highlighting a special article from AME’s latest issue of Target Magazine. “Healing Supply Chain Pain,” is a multi-client case study on three...
View ArticleHear What Participants Are Saying About The Lean Supply Chain Certificate...
“The Lean series at Georgia Tech has given me the tools needed to apply lean principals at my organization.” “I am only half way through the series and I am already able to apply the principals and...
View ArticleNEWS: Communication for Results, Change Management Added to Lean Supply Chain...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Waterloo, ON – March 1, 2012 – Third-Party Logistics Provider (3PL) LeanCor and the Laurier Executive Development Centre have added two key topics to the Lean Supply Chain...
View ArticleResults: Lean Transformation Survey
Researchers at the University of Kentucky conducted a study on the factors that influence successful and sustainable lean transformation. We invited organizations who were planning, pursuing, and/or...
View ArticleCustomer Service: The True Competitive Difference
I recently read Jim Womack’s Gemba Walks, which has been one of my personal favorite books to date. Upon completion, I began to reflect on my own many gemba walks, both those in my professional career...
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