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!
Continue Reading →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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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 [...]
Continue Reading →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 [...]
Continue Reading →Just great to see Dr. Deming talking. It was true what he said in the 1950s, true in 1984 and still true today…
Continue Reading →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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