Why Lean Efforts Fail
Through this video we will be able to understand why Lean Efforts Fail and also what we can do to avoid the failure .
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Through this video we will be able to understand why Lean Efforts Fail and also what we can do to avoid the failure .
+ Read MoreDaily meetings are a critical way to set your culture, make improvements, and get a touch on your operations. Have you been a part of a day stand up meeting? What did you notice about your daily stand up meetings? How are you running the meetings? Let’s first take the…
+ Read MorePeople who practice Lean will tel you to to remove waste, make product flow, and reduce over burdening (via standardization). These are great tenants and are the corner stone of nay Lean program. One area that gets ignored is increasing the value. Honestly Lean does a terrible job at focusing…
+ Read MoreNow that you have have your Takt time and your Value Stream Maps the next step is to create your station map. The first step is to figure out how many stations you need. This is done by taking your total time in your future state map and dived it…
+ Read MoreIn previous posts on Lean Line Designs we introduced terminology and introduced the concept of the current state map and future state map. We are now at the point that we need to determine the line requirements. The first step in determining a Lean Line Requirement is to determine the…
+ Read MorePaternalistic management is a type of command and control leadership style. In this style of management all the decisions are made at the top and it’s everyone’s job to execute to those orders. Think of it like a father child relationship. The best places where this style works is when…
+ Read MoreLine design is one of the best ways to get bottom line savings quickly with Lean. A Lean line design is the process used to streamline a process to remove waste but doing it systematically. Here are some terms you need to know before we get into how to do…
+ Read MoreA Lean Transformation is a way to changing your business. Traditionally it’s about reducing waste, making products and services “flow”, and reducing excess burdening on people. It’s hard for businesses to believe that by changing the way you look at a problem can change the way you perform. Typically business…
+ Read MoreLean is a bit like ice cream and children. Everyone thinks that theirs is the best. Unlike ice cream or children there is no one “best” way to do Lean. In-fact it will look like the complete opposite in some industries. Because of this you end up with what it…
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