Hoshin Kanri

Steve describes very well the lean philosophy with his words

Apples success is a lean thinking organization

Who can explain lean thinking – including empowerment of the people (automation), value stream responsibilities, Hoshin Kanri and problem solving –  better as Steve Jobs with his own words, not even mentioning any of the lean terms. Just great! [youtube width=“640″ height=“360″ clipid=“f60dheI4ARg“ autoplay=“0″ controls=“0″ loop=“0″ disablekb=“0″ hd=“0″ showinfo=“0″ showsearch=“0″]

Lean Audit going for the full monty

For many years, we have been conducting lean audits for private equities during due diligence and fortune 500 companies for continuous improvements. 5 years ago the focus and the customer demand was on lean manufacturing audits to see the leanness current state before the transaction. This offers a measurement against the future state = the results of ongoing lean conversions and kaizens afterwards. …

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indicators for company burnout

„It’s not just individuals who burn out – companies do, too!“

This headline is taken from the harvard business review april 2010 [HBR2010]. It is an important message to all decision makers but even more important to all interim managers and lean practitioners as their constant companion in business life is change. How do you know? What should you do? How do you know? There are …

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Danaher Business System – Implementing „real lean thinking“

Are you aware of Danaher? No? Maybe you heard about Beckman Coulter, Matco, Sybron, Hengstler, Aaliant, Accu-Sort, Alltec, Armstrong Tools, Dexis, Dover, Fluke, Gilbarco, Hach Lange, Hydrolab, Instrumentarium Dental, KaVo Dental, Investech, Leica Microsystems, Leica Bio Systems, Portescap, Radiometer, Thomson, Veeder-Root or Videojet Technologies? No? I haven’t heard about them neither before I became the CEO and …

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Der Aktionsplan nach Womack und Jones

Finden Sie einen Change Agent „oft muss man sich draussen umsehen nach einem Wendelin Wiedeking, einem Karl Krapek oder einem Markt Coran. Menschen die wirklich etwas bewegen wollen, sind nicht einfach so zu haben. …Während uns Manager, die bei der Einführung einer Transformation zu Lean Management scheiterten, oft erzählten, dass das Problem ein Mangel an …

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