Dietmar Dold, the CEO of Lean Interim and a Sensei of Simpler Consulting, has signed up to built up the Lean Practice within KPMG New Zealand. Dietmar is an accredited trainer of the Lean Certification Program of the Lean Enterprise Research Center of Cardiff University. KPMG will be the only „Big4“ Consulting Company in New […]
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Sep
15
Jul
16
Lean Healthcare is on the rise. We receive more and more requests to implement Lean within Hospitals. It is always great to see how the „simple“ things like kanban two box system can lead to such high client satisfaction. In addition, I realized that some KPIs in some Hospitals really reflect „customer value“ like: Number […]
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Okt
31
The increasing traffic and global popularity of this site asked for the next step. From today on, posts in English only on lean interim.com. A professional redesign and our contact details of all of our three active regions: Americas, EMA and Asia Pacific. lean-interim.com in English only We started this blog with some articles in German […]
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Jul
24
The complexity of supply chains is constantly increasing. the words „supply networks“ describe the situation better, nowadays. Most companies in countries like USA, Germany, Switzerland do not even produce more than 50% of the real net output ratio (vertical range of manufacture) anymore. If you buy a Porsche 911 or Boxter you will purchase 20% […]
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Jul
19
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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Mai
24
Doesn’t matter how you will call it, Lean Admin, Lean Service or Lean SG&A can be a pitfall for experienced lean manufacturing practitioner. Especially engineer minded companies and countries like Germany and Switzerland like to start with „the tools“. But adapting or migrating tools and even key learnings from the shop floor to the administrative […]
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Apr
4
Five why is a very powerful method. It’s a logical way to find your root cause. But it can do even more. It can take you on a interesting and maybe funny journey. Most of you probably know the typical (boring) five why example like this one: Why did the machine stop? It blew a fuse. […]
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Feb
1
Since January 2011, I am in an assignment to set up a project office for a global player in the metal industry. Current Situation: Good Company, good management, good culture. The management is aware of the necessary change from product focus towards dedication to client needs and demands. To achieve the best possible client focus, […]
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Dez
12
Just great to see Dr. Deming talking. It was true what he said in the 1950s, true in 1984 and still true today…
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Okt
2
Zwei Grafiken, als kleiner Auszug aus meiner wissenschaftlichen Arbeit, sollen dies verdeutlichen. Meine Leser kennen Lean-Thinking und Interim Management. Jedoch dürfte mein Blog bisher nicht den Kern der realen Umsetzung wiedergegeben haben. Dies soll hier in der Form geschehen, dass Ihre Interpretation dieser beiden Grafiken gefragt ist. Dieser Ansatz „LEAN-INTERIM® ist inzwischen ein gesetzlich geschützter […]
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