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!
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One of our projects in Scottland came in September 2011 to an end. Our Customer Carron Phoenix improved from a defect level of 4% to 0% in 4 month. The service level increased. These results led to further savings along the value stream. The sales companies saved a few hundred thousand Euros on (safety, buffer […]
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Like death and taxes, commoditization of your products is a given. John Quelch offered a few tips in the Harvard Business Review Dec 14, 2007. But there is more to think about and act on: The focus of your lean activities needs to shift urgently! If you heard a manager blaming „commoditization“ for failing to deliver […]
Continue Reading →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% […]
Continue Reading →Die Einführung von Lean in den Bereichen Administration,Verkauf, Marketing und Management unterscheidet sich erheblich von der Einführung von Lean Systemen in der Produktion. Die Produktion und das Lager sind gute Bereiche für Einsteiger in die Lean Thematik und erste Verbesserungen in diesem Bereich können mit einem guten Basiswissen über Verschwendung (muda), Takt Time, VSM, 5S, Standard Work, […]
Continue Reading →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 […]
Continue Reading →„The Gold Mine“ by Freddy and Michael Ballé climbed my personal olymp of audiobooks. My current assignment force me to drive three hours per day by car. I see this as a great opportunity to listen to as many audiobooks as possible and extend my horizonts. After listening to the „old stuff“ like Womack and Jones „Lean Thinking“ […]
Continue Reading →The ‘interim management value proposition’, is the profession’s ‘unique selling proposition’. It is the ‘mantra’ that marks interim management’s offering and scope. 1. Return On Investment Interim managers add value by using their skills and expertise to help deliver an outcome, solution, service or mitigate risk that provides a meaningful ‘Return On Investment’ to a […]
Continue Reading →What is the difference between a staffing firm (recruitment agency) and an Interim Management Service Provider? That was my question to Paul Beerli last week. Paul is the president of the Interim Management Organisation in Switzerland, called Dachverband Schweizer Interim Manager (DSIM). He worked before for Butterflymanager, one of the leading Interim Management Service Provider in Switzerland […]
Continue Reading →Vorurteile, Schubladen-Denke und mediengeprägte Wahrnehmung beherrschen das mehrheitliche Wissen bezüglich LEAN. Erlaubt der Lean Gedanke überhaupt auf plötzliche Veränderungen, z.B. bedingt durch disruptive Technologien oder Innovationen, zu reagieren? Die Antwort ist ein klares „JA, nicht nur reagieren, sondern agieren“! Im Gegensatz zu der verbreiteten Meinung ist LEAN nicht nur KAIZEN, kontinuierliche Verbesserung oder ein Qualitätssystem, um […]
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