Posts Tagged ‘ lean ’

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…

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 [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]