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• Developing a Kaizen Conscious with Shingo Prize winner Michael Balle

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  Michael Ballé is the co-author of, The Gold Mine , a bestselling business novel of a Lean Turnaround, and recently, The Lean Manager , a novel of a Lean Transformation both published by the Lean Enterprise Institute. For the past 15 years, he has studied lean transformations, helping companies develop a lean ...
  13 hours ago

• Developing a Kaizen Conscious with Michael Balle, co-author of The Lean Manager

  
  Business901 — Authority:
  Michael Ballé is the co-author of, The Gold Mine, a bestselling business novel of lean turnaround, and recently, The Lean Manager , a novel of lean transformation, both published by the Lean Enterprise Institute. For the past 15 years, he has studied lean transformations, helping companies develop a lean ...
  14 hours ago

• Sponsor Event: Eliminate Ineffective Silos and Achieve Company-Wide Process Improvement Success

  
  Procurement Insights — Authority: 128
  Occasionally I will post an event that I feel will be of interest to my readers. Forrest Breyfogle III has been a guest on the PI Window Business on two separate segments.  His first appearance was on April 23rd, 2009 on a show titled “ Unemployed Excellence – Why Lean, Six Sigma Have Left Some People Out in the ...
  15 hours ago

• Process Improvement utilizing Lean and Lean Sigma

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  Glenn Whitfield serves as Director of Dean Dorton Ford ’s Process Improvement Services group based out of the Louisville office. Glenn was my guest on the Business901 Podcast and we had the opportunity to discuss DDF’s methodology for improvement within an organization. Their methodology concentrates on a Value ...
  1 day ago

• A Little more on applying Little’s Law to Lean your Marketing!

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  In a previous post, I transformed Little’s Law to marketing utilizing this formula: Marketing Cycle Time = Customers in Process / Closed Sales. I would like to simplify this formula and change the nomenclature a little. I think more accurately it should be called Sales and Marketing Process Time(SMPT) = Prospects ...
  3 days ago

• A Little Law applied in Lean Marketing

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  Most marketing systems are out of control. They just have not been managed with understanding the process speed and the effect of the flow on the process. Understanding some of the drivers of this process is much simpler than you might think. A simple equation called Little’s Law can tell us how long it will take ...
  4 days ago

• Most Marketing Systems are Out of Control.

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  Most Marketing systems are out of control. They have not been managed with understanding of the process speed and the effect of the flow on the process. As a result, performance has to be sub-standard. My marketing has too many variables to define my Value Stream! Can you afford to say that? Depending on your ...
  4 days ago

• Steps to creating your Need Statement

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  The other day, I discussed Your Marketing Vision should define your Customer’s Core Problem , but how do you go about doing it. A simple exercise that I found useful was depicted in the book: True Purpose: 12 Strategies for Discovering the Difference You Are Meant to Make by Tim Kelly. In the book, he discusses ...
  5 days ago

• Implementing Lean – As fast as a Pit Crew?

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  At the recent AME Conference , Performance Instruction and Training offered sessions that allowed you to experience their unique style of learning. The concepts PIP teaches motorsports pit crews to conduct sub 13-second pit-stops relate to your business and drive home the concepts of lean, Six Sigma, and continuous ...
  6 days ago

• Your Marketing Vision should define your Customer’s Core Problem

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  Today’s products and services reflect greater marketing segmentation. As you know, I use the Duct Tape Marketing Hourglass as The Pillar of the Lean Marketing House™ but there is no universal terminology, it is just convenient to stay with one message because even as you segment your list you still have to ...
  1 week ago

• Start your Visual Thinking Process with Mind Mapping

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  Davinci did it, Aristotle did it, should you? Mind mapping is widely understood term but few people utilize it. I am amazed that even on our school systems that it still does not replace linear note taking. Mind Map represents the best of both worlds by resembling the visual aspects of a flow chart and the ...
  1 week ago

• Power of Visual Thinking in your Visual Workplace

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  If you follow my blog you know the respect I have for the David Armano and the Logic & Emotion Blog. David had a great blog post on the power of visual thinking and also shared this slideshow presentation. A clear demonstration of visual thinking. An excerpt from the Blog Post… The Value of Visual Thinking ...
  1 week ago

• Finding A Job In A Poor Economy

  
  Website Marketing Club — Authority: 162
  The current economic drought has led to a sweeping loss of jobs across the nation, and many companies are either letting people go, reducing their hiring policies, or increasing the qualifications for potential employees. It can be frustrating, stressful, and difficult to try and find employment in the economy’s ...
  1 week ago

• Using Value Stream Mapping Software

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  There is a lot of dispute about Value Stream Mapping software, and whether it should be used or not used. Most Lean practitioners will tell you that early introduction into converting your Value Stream Map into a computer generated document will hurt the overall flow of the procedure and be a detriment to the ...
  1 week ago

• Using DMAIC for your A3 Report in the Lean Marketing House

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  The definition of an A3 Report is a simple storyboard that tells the whole story of an improvement event on one 11×17 sheet of paper. The left side defines the problem, the right side proposes solutions. That is the basic structure. However, A3 is much more than that. It is the tool used by Toyota to implement the ...
  1 week ago

• Duct Tape Marketing recognizes Lean Six Sigma Marketing Coach with Certification

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  I was one of a group of eleven Duct Tape Marketing™ Coaches to be certified recently in the Duct Tape Marketing program. This award was presented at the annual gathering in Boulder, Co. this October. John Jantsch, author of Duct Tape Marketing and founder of the Duct Tape Marketing organization developed this ...
  2 weeks ago

• Following the Customer’s Need in your Value Stream Map

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  Focusing on the customer NEED is essential to the success of any marketing. We should all recognize this idea. However, do we really embrace this idea? Do we really believe that such an effort can drive our marketing and improve the chances of a sell? It is important that we understand and are able to express what is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Kaizen, Kaizen, Kaizen – Why so many?

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  A shorten definition for Kaizen is continuous improvement and the Kaizen Event is a team based activity that focuses on a continuous improvement. The team is very often a cross-functional team that will be brought together for a short period of time. I think a great way to use Kaizen is for nibbling on the sides ...
  2 weeks ago

• Association for Manufacturing Excellence, AME Conference Marketing Lesson

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  This week I attended the AME Conference held in Covington, KY. I have to say it was one of the best conferences that I have attended in a long time, with a great mix of workshops, seminars and plant tours. They also paid particular attention to their vendors making sure all their needs were met. It was very ...
  2 weeks ago

• Using the Theory of Constraints in the Lean Marketing House

  
  Business901 — Authority: 128
  This video series will explain the process I use in building the Lean Marketing House. This particular segment is an overview of the Theory of Constraints and how it applies in the Lean Marketing House. The entire series will be posted during this week. Related Information: The Pillar Worksheet Lean ...
  2 weeks ago

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