Kaizen

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• Standardization, Simplicity and Supervisors

  
  Training Within Industry — Authority: 407
  In response to my post, "Message to Govt : What the...?" , Anonymous said: "For JI you are correct that Toyota does not use much "high" technology but when I toured the place w/ Mike Hoseus I saw a little training area where each work station had a laptop w/ a video and work instructions in place to teach ...
  23 hours ago

• Kaizen or Continious Improvement Explanation

  
  learnsigma — Authority: 123
  Kaizen (??, Japanese for “ improvement “) is a Japanese philosophy that focuses on continuous improvement throughout all aspects of an enterprise. … Kaizen Continious Improvement Lean Manufacturing Related Reading: Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology SI One Small Step Can Change Your ...
  3 days ago

• Be Productive, Be Visual

  
  Business901 — Authority: 127
  If you listen to this 2-part series you will never think the same way again about visual, Guaranteed! Gwendolyn D. Galsworth, Ph.D., is an educator, implementer, and a researcher with more than 25 years in the field of Workplace Visuality. Considered by many a leading visual expert, Dr. Galsworth is the author of a ...
  4 days ago

• Leadership: Disciplinary Policy, Handy Dandies and the Three Strikes Principle

  
  Feral Jundi — Authority: 139
      This article is about a better disciplinary policy for companies. The reason I am bringing this up, is because most of these multi-million dollar defense companies that put security contractors out in these war zones, have absolutely terrible disciplinary policies.  Their leaders out in the field have their ...
  6 days ago

• Execute after the Kaizen Event

  
  Business901 — Authority: 127
  People hold Kaizen events to move a particular problem along quickly. As I had mentioned in a previous post, I had mentioned the importance of having a good project management scheme intact to accelerate the implementation and/or execution. However, what makes certain types of companies good at implementation or for ...
  1 week ago

• TekPub annual subscription giveaway

  
  Elegant Code — Authority: 516
  I bought an annual subscription of TekPub and because of a special offering I got a additional annual subscription for free. Now instead of selling it I want to give it away. I already knew that doing something via Twitter didn’t work , so I decided to give you a little bit more time and use my blog instead. I ...
  1 week ago

• Lean Thinking and the Amazon Kindle

  
  shmula — Authority: 109
  I receive emails from recruiters – frequently.  So, as a favor to them, I am posting a job for your interest: the hiring company is Amazon.com. Below is one job description and contact information, but if you go to the Amazon.com website, there are over 50 open positions looking for people with experience in Lean ...
  1 week ago

• A Kaizen Event is one of the most popular ways to rapidly improve a process and make the gains stick. Or is it?

  
  Business901 — Authority: 127
  If you are the facilitator of the Kaizen event you do your pre-event planning, you get the right people there, and the event goes off without a hitch. Good ideas were given, documented and ready to be enacted now it is time to close out the meeting and yes, pass the baton. But who do you pass the baton too? If you ...
  1 week ago

• Thinking about improving the connective tissue of organizations

  
  sacha chua :: enterprise 2.0 consultant, storyteller, geek — Authority: 475
  Even though I’m a recent hire, people often come to me to find other people in the organization. It’s a powerful way to create value. I’m not the expert they’re looking for, but I can point them in the right direction. I want to not only to improve my networking capabilities, but to build this knowledge into ...
  1 week ago

• Thinking about improving the connective tissue of organizations

  
  sacha chua :: enterprise 2.0 consultant, storyteller, geek — Authority: 475
  Even though I’m a recent hire, people often come to me to find other people in the organization. It’s a powerful way to create value. I’m not the expert they’re looking for, but I can point them in the right direction. I want to not only to improve my networking capabilities, but to build this knowledge into ...
  1 week ago

• Using Value Stream Mapping

  
  Business901 — Authority: 127
  Drew Locher is currently Managing Director for Change Management Associates . CMA provides various Business Improvement Consulting and Organizational Development services to industrial and service organizations. CMA will assist organizations to successfully implement Systems and Quality Management principles ...
  1 week ago

• Editing feedback on The Shy Connector

  
  sacha chua :: enterprise 2.0 consultant, storyteller, geek — Authority: 475
  Here’s the detailed feedback from one of my editors on The Shy Connector . Lots of stuff to work with here! I look forward to improving the presentation. =) I really think the presentation is pretty awesome. Others obviously do, too, from reading the comments.  I think if you left it as it is, it’d be ...
  1 week ago

• Editing feedback on The Shy Connector

  
  sacha chua :: enterprise 2.0 consultant, storyteller, geek — Authority: 475
  Here’s the detailed feedback from one of my editors on The Shy Connector . Lots of stuff to work with here! I look forward to improving the presentation. =) I really think the presentation is pretty awesome. Others obviously do, too, from reading the comments.  I think if you left it as it is, it’d be ...
  1 week ago

• The Kaizen Event, A Critical Component of Xerox’s Customer Experience

  
  Business901 — Authority: 127
  I have been approached several times for others to guest blog post on the Business901 blog. When approached by Xerox recently it was very difficult for me to refuse. Not because it was Xerox, but because of how Xerox is using Lean Sigma in the market place. They are one of the few companies that I know of that are ...
  1 week ago

• Kaizen in the Office Environment

  
  Business901 — Authority: 127
  Mike Osterling of Osterling Consulting was my guest on the Business901 Podcast . We had the opportunity to discuss White Col lar Kaizen and the differences between executing Kaizen events in production versus office environments.  Mike specializes in Lean Operations implementation and training. As Lean Manufacturing ...
  1 week ago

• Kaizen in the Office Environment

  
  Business901 — Authority: 405
  Mike Osterling of Osterling Consulting was my guest on the Business901 Podcast. We had the opportunity to discuss White Col lar Kaizen and the differences between executing Kaizen events in production versus office environments.  Mike specializes in Lean Operations implementation and training. As Lean Manufacturing ...
  1 week ago

• Kaizen in the Office Enviroment

  
  Business901 — Authority: 405
  Mike Osterling of Osterling Consulting was my guest on the Business901 Podcast. We had the opportunity to discuss White Col lar Kaizen and the differences between executing Kaizen events in production versus office environments.  Mike specializes in Lean Operations implementation and training. As Lean Manufacturing ...
  1 week ago

• Kaizen Event sounds a lot like a GE Workout

  
  Business901 — Authority: 127
  A shorten definition for Kaizen is continuous improvement and the Kaizen Event is a short-term team based activity that focuses on a localized continuous improvement effort. The team is very often a cross-functional team that will be brought together for a short period of time, typically 2 to 5 days. A Kaizen event ...
  1 week ago

• Pluralsight On-Demand

  
  Elegant Code — Authority: 516
  A little while back David Star asked on Twitter if somebody knew an OSS project that he could use for a Pluralsight tutorial and I suggested my CQRS example. As it turned out he liked it and offered a trail subscription of the Pluralsight On-Demand library in return. And now I am writing about it, so I guess that ...
  1 week ago

• A Preview to Kaizen Week

  
  Business901 — Authority: 127
  This week the Business901 blog will center our theme on Kaizen, one of the most often used Lean words but practically ambiguity has set in on the term. Kaizen stands for Continuous improvement, the Kai to break apart, to change and the Zen to study or to improve. Recently, the Kaizen Event and/or Kaizen Blitz which  ...
  2 weeks ago

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