Moving Beyond Obsolete Theory

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Get to the root of the problem. Begin using
The Five Whys Technique for Problem Solving

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Johanna says it better, There is No Such Thing as Percent Complete.

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Kaizen and standard work go hand-in-glove. Training within Industry (TWI) is the best approach going for establishing work instructions that can and will be followed. And TWI provides the standard work basis for kaizen.

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Lean Six Sigma works as well at home as it does on our projects. Ron shares how.

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Raven shares her curiosity and interests at Raven’s Brain as she explores the world of project management. Explore with her.

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Team performance depends on teaming and performers who perform from the outset. Johanna Rothman can help you with both.

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Do you blog about your company. Read Naked Conversations, by Scoble and Israel, to avoid trouble.

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Lean Six Sigma works for construction and project management.

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Where does Six Sigma fit on your project? Read Six Sigma for Dummies to get a clue.

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Don’t improve what shouldn’t be done in the first place.

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Lean and Six Sigma are two sides of the same coin. Ron Pereira explains why.

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Good friend Michael Port offers a business-building tip: Get Started Developing the Promising Habit.

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Begin taking delay out of your projects, Use Rough Numbers to Begin Improving Actions. Start with the Last Planner System®.

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Then conduct stand-up meetings, How to Conduct Your Meetings. Research shows decisions are no less effective but the meeting goes much faster.

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Project leadership can be the make-or-break factor for project success. The 6σ folk have some good advice for anyone with a leadership role. “(T)he high failure rate of many promising leaders is largely due to an over-reliance on a limited set of capabilities.” Six Sigma Leadership.

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I advise clients to start their lean initiatives with 5S to make visible the movement through production steps and to identify opportunities for improvement (OFIs). Mark Graban writes, Why Clean Your Desk? Is This 5S? He asks the question should we do 5S for 5S sake? He answers, “No.” His readers [...]

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Systems are making their way to lean operations.

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I often gush over Toyota’s lean design and manufacturing. BW writes Even Toyota Isn’t Perfect calling attention to the increase in quality recalls in Japan and US. But read closely. Toyota saw this as a crisis and has just about turned it around.

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Mary Poppendieck offers a nice summary of Matthew Mays’ book on Toyota’s approach to innovation and competitiveness, How does Toyota Do It? Have a look.

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It’s not easy being lean if you can’t manage the change project. “I don’t see organizations having a structured way to manage the daily activities of their change process and waste elimination. I don’t see organizations having a way to monitor and measure the influence or impact of their projects,” Michael Kuta, in an [...]

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Readers of this weblog are somewhat unusual…they read. But what might a small change in reading make? Embrace the kaizen way. Make a Small Change: Read a Few More Pages.

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Who is Rover? In the 1960s they were one of the leading automotive manufacturers in the world. After a few bankruptcies they’re now an also-ran. In You Are Better than Toyota, J P Spencer suggests that all firms need a burning platform to stay competitive.

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kaizen is practiced across industries. Project kaizen can — maybe will — result in higher safety. Batesville Casket is enjoying imrpoved safety from their kaizen efforts, If kaizen Works for a Casket Manufacturer What Might it Do for You? Maybe your project will too.

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