December 2009 | Gemba Academy

How to Write an Arbitrary Dividing Point in Time Resolution

By Jon Miller - December 31st, 2009

I’ve never been a big believer in Arbitrary Dividing Point in Time Resolutions, or as some people call them, New Year’s Resolutions. Goal setting should be a constant output of the continuous improvement lifestyle, the resu

2009 Carnival of Lean Blogs

By Jon Miller - December 30th, 2009

It’s time for a quick look back on the year before we slam, lock and bar the door on 2009 and welcome 2010 and the opportunity to demonstrate our learning by not repeating our mistakes. I can’t wait. Carnival master John Hu

Ambiguous Visual Controls: Invisible Inventory Management

By Jon Miller - December 28th, 2009

It appears that our local Hello Kitty store is low on stock of invisible pens. I only see one invisible pen in this display (or rather, don’t see it). I would hate to have the job of the invisible pen warehouseman on cycle counti

The Correct Sequence for Implementing Lean Systems

By Jon Miller - December 26th, 2009

Looking through some of my notes from seminars, salons and study sessions I participated in during November and December, I came across an interesting string of characters: JID > JIT > TWI > SW > TQC? This was code to mysel

Are You a Million Method Man?

By Jon Miller - December 23rd, 2009

Are you a million method woman or man? Too many well-intentioned lean implementations are. The million method man has a tool or method to solve any problem they encounter. In the best of situations they are heroes and teachers who brin

Declutter with 5S in 20 Minutes Per Day?

By Jon Miller - December 23rd, 2009

In modern society there are many promises of something in “only 20 minutes per day” whether it is flat abdominals, riches or perfect happiness. In fact what many people miss is that it is “20 minutes per day FOREVER&#

How to Use Lean to Achieve Bottom Line Results

By Jon Miller - December 22nd, 2009

In an e-mail, blog reader Heather asked: How else can you use lean to achieve bottom line results besides a growth strategy? The growth strategy for delivering bottom line results through lean goes something this: lean improvements cre

The 18 Most Active LSS Academy Articles in 2009

By Ron Pereira - December 21st, 2009

I recently wrote about the most read LSS Academy articles in 2009. Now, in this post, I’d like to share with you the LSS Academy articles that garnered the most comments in 2009. As you’ll see some of these posts are quite

Christmas Shopping for Lean Thinkers

By Ron Pereira - December 16th, 2009

The folks over at the Lean Enterprise Institute are extending a special holiday discount offer. You can get $10 off any LEI Store purchase by entering THANKYOU09 in the discount code field at checkout. The offer is good through Jan 3

Month: December 2009