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3rd Annual Management Blog Review 2 of 2: The Lean Thinker

By Jon Miller - January 20th, 2011

Mark Rosenthal has a lot to think about. For the past several decades he has seen companies struggle, fail and succeed at implementing lean thinking. He has played a role in the success at Boeing, Terex and Eastman-Kodak to name just a

We Need Less FAKE Lean, More FAIL Lean

By Jon Miller - January 18th, 2011

This week in Bob Emiliani’s e-newlsetter Lean Leadership News, he addresses two interesting questions: “Does an organization need to start with Fake Lean?” “Is that a key part of the learning process on the way

3rd Annual Management Blog Review 1 of 2: DailyKaizen

By Jon Miller - January 18th, 2011

Every so often John Hunter of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog organizes a handful of us to review the writing of other bloggers. The 3rd annual review involves 14 bloggers introducing the work of 50 others. My choice was to

The Only Type of Kaizen is Daily Kaizen

By Jon Miller - January 17th, 2011

Last week I was asked to identify the three types of kaizen. People feel the need to classify. Boundaries are useful approximations and should not limit us too much in practice. The three types of kaizen commonly identified are big, me

Standardization Video

By Ron Pereira - January 16th, 2011

This video focuses on the extremely important topic of Standardization. It’s also the first video of Gemba Academy’s latest course focused entirely on the lean concept of Standard Work. To learn more about this Standard Wor

My Take on Lean and Six Sigma Certifications

By Ron Pereira - January 13th, 2011

A few days ago I posed the question about whether exam based lean six sigma certifications were legitimate or frauds. As usual, many of you came through with excellent thoughts and comments. Some of you supported the idea, others argu

Exam Based Six Sigma Certifications – Legit or Fraud?

By Ron Pereira - January 12th, 2011

The topic of Lean and Six Sigma Certification is one of the most debated topics in the continuous improvement world. And since I’m never one to shy away from some good old-fashioned debate… I’d like to present the fol

Ambiguous Visual Controls: KEEP RED OFF LINE

By Jon Miller - January 5th, 2011

Who is Red and why is it important to keep him off line? This Monday I realized that for the past 13 years I have been stepping on or over these letters on the floor in SeaTac International Airport without taking any action regarding R

The Best of LSS Academy – 2010 Edition

By Ron Pereira - January 4th, 2011

As we welcome 2011 with open arms I thought I’d take this opportunity to reflect back on the year that was. In 2010 LSS Academy grew far faster than I could have ever expected as we reached more than 11,000 subscribers. Thank you! An

Why Hoshin Kanri?

By Ron Pereira - January 3rd, 2011

In this article we’ll continue our hoshin kanri series. In part 1 of this series we learned what the words hoshin kanri mean… so be sure to check that out if you haven’t already. Let’s Set Some Objectives! As we start 2011 many

Year: 2011