Lean Enterprise Platform
Outstanding strategic, operational, financial and market position gains have been achieved by companies that have embedded the Lean philosophy, principals, practices, tools and methods into their business; however, the objectives and goals of…
There is a need for the Lean Enterprise to take a strategic and systematic approach to the suppliers, rather than engaging on a tactical, short-term and purchase-to-purchase basis. A key…
Virtually every company achieving superior results with implementing a Lean strategy has a fully functional Lean or Kaizen Promotion Office. This Kaizen or Lean Promotion Office is a dedicated internal team…
Most traditional applications of Lean tools have focused on manufacturing operations and paid little attention to all of the things that have to take place before an order actually gets released to the shop…
The transformation from traditional manufacturing to Lean manufacturing is one of the easiest concepts to comprehend. Through a collection of tactical methods that emphasize eliminating non-value added activities (waste), companies can…
There is no substitute for real leadership. It is not a responsibility that be arbitrarily delegated to staff members. Leadership must be driven from the top throughout the organization with passion and consistency. Today’s…
Organizations embarking on Enterprise Lean Transformations use “Lean Techniques” as vehicles to accomplish specific breakthrough business strategies and objectives. An inflection point in the organization’s collective learning curve occurs when its members become “believers”…
Kaizen is Japanese for revolutionary improvement and translates for businesses into the organized use of common sense to improve business operations including cost, quality, delivery and customer service. The Kaizen…
The transformation from traditional manufacturing to Lean manufacturing is one of the easiest concepts to comprehend. Through a collection of tactical methods that emphasize eliminating non-value added activities (waste), companies can…