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 …
Dietmar Dold will build up Lean Practice for KPMG in New Zealand Weiterlesen »
The Lean Community is small and the information flow fast. At least I thought so in the past. Still true is that the group of real lean thinkers is very small and so it is not surprising that this people are very busy and not omnipresent. In the last three month I spend most of …
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 …
lean conversion: defect level down to zero percent in 4 month Weiterlesen »
Last time I saw Danaher publishing their Danaher Business System was in their financial report 2002. Since then, the secret of the Danaher Business System (DBS) has been kept in secret (see article) . As Danaher is growing continuously it seems to be more and more difficult to control the communication online. Kollmorgen, a Danaher Company, …
Danaher Business System culture overview revealed Weiterlesen »
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% …
supply chains (networks) compete, not companies Weiterlesen »
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, …
Worauf ist bei der Einführung von Lean Administration zu achten? (dt.) Weiterlesen »
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 …
Lean SG&A: Designing a service system that optimally responds to customer demand Weiterlesen »
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. …
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 …
Danaher Business System – Implementing „real lean thinking“ Weiterlesen »
Laut der Studie „Organisation 2015 – Designed to Win“ der Boston Consulting Group (BCG) und der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Organisation und Management (SGO) reicht es nicht mehr nur auf die „harten Fakten“ wie Strukturen, Prozesse und Steuerungsmechanismen zu achten, sondern die „weichen Faktoren“ seien der Schlüssel zum Erfolg. Veränderungsmanagement sei hierbei einer der wichtigsten Kernkompetenzen. …
Lean und Interim Management zur Erreichung von Strategiezielen Weiterlesen »