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Posts Tagged ‘ lean ’

How Lean Efficiency Works – Video Post

Mar 26th, 2012 • Category: What is LEAN
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So how does LEAN work to improve your efficiency?  Why should you use LEAN instead of more traditional approaches to improving efficiency?  Well, let me take a few minutes to explain…



Why Ask Why?

Nov 10th, 2011 • Category: How to Improve your processes

When faced with a problem, there is a simple technique that when applied properly can help you to quickly get to the root cause of the problem and thus identify what needs to be done not only to fix the problem, but prevent the problem from reoccurring.  The technique is called The 5 Whys. This [...]



Play Ball – What Business Owner’s Can Learn from Little League Baseball Coaches

Sep 12th, 2011 • Category: Managing the LEAN way

“He’s got to go! I can’t believe he said that to my customer.” I could almost feel the tension radiating from my client as he told me about his latest employee debacle. His face was red and his foot was tapping. I took a deep breath and asked the question that I already knew the [...]



Have You Seen My Stapler?

Aug 30th, 2011 • Category: Get Organized

Your work environment will either IMPROVE from today’s standard or ERODE.  It definitely will not stay the same!  That means that if your looking for that stapler today… well, you more than likely will look for it again in the future.    When you consider not only our physical work space but also consider the [...]



To Do or Not to Do? Here’s How to Answer the Question.

Aug 28th, 2011 • Category: The One Thing To Improve Your Business This Week

So the question is, should you invest your time, energy and money making that idea that hit you in the shower this morning come into existence?  Can it really make a difference in your business?  There are two easy approaches to evaluating improvement ideas, the first approach is one that I find works well with [...]