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4 Things That Make a Great Lean Manager

 

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4 Things You Didn’t Know About Visual Management

We chatted with CEO Jim Lancaster about our Lean manufacturing and management […]

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Why We Love Lean Thinking in the Office (And You Should, Too!)

  There are inefficiencies in every work setting, whether it’s on a […]

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Get Control of Your Email Nightmare With Lean Thinking

  Email, the communication medium that was supposed to make our life […]

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Apply Lean Thinking to Your Garage Workshop

  Lean principles have migrated from the shop floor to the office […]

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Improve or Die

  In the Lean Manufacturing environment, Continuous Improvement is an important principle. […]

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Eliminate the Muda: The 7 Types of Waste in Lean Manufacturing

Lean manufacturing is designed to help manufacturers get to the very root of a problem. We do that by eliminating the muda that means “waste.”

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Applying the OODA Loop to Modern Life

One of the things we try to do with our blog is to show how the PDCA Loop can be applied to our everyday lives. We recently saw an article on

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Use a PDCA Loop for Accomplishing Goals

We like using the PDCA Loop for things off the manufacturing floor. Whether it’s organizing an event, packing for vacation, or even personal growth,

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Four Lessons Ernest Hemingway Teaches Us About Lean Manufacturing

In lean manufacturing, we want to avoid waste — “muda,” in Japanese — because it costs time and money.

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