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pull systems
Why we started using pull systems, and what happened when we did?
IndustryWeek : Can Lean and ERP Work Together? -
How to minimize supplier disruptions?
Is it Honda's philosophy (The Honda Way), its systems (BP), or its...
My Purchasing Center :: Purchasing Impact on Honda Profitability -
Evolving Excellence: It All Comes Down To Productivity evolvingexcellence.com
by BILL WADDELL Mitt Romney last Fall: "'Our productivity equals our...
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Evolving Excellence: Memorial Day - And a Jolt of Lean from Ulysses... evolvingexcellence.com
By Kevin Meyer This Memorial Day we remember those who gave their...
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lean is an assumption, IT is a necessity
Integration is challenging, but we have to figure it out, and fix our...
IndustryWeek : Can Lean and ERP Work Together? -
Evolving Excellence: Some Stuff is Going On evolvingexcellence.com
By Kevin Meyer I've been collecting a variety of articles I found...
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Good News!
The criteria can get a little subjective but you can't argue the...
Gartner Announces Rankings of Its 2012 Supply Chain Top 25 -
What does it mean that Honda Profit Margins Beat Toyota's.... again?
Profit margins tell me how well the systems are working. A Mill Girl...
June, 2012 Integration, Putting the Pieces Together (Blue Heron Journal) -
why can't we stay with spreadsheets?
EMU says it's time to plug the computers back in, figure out...
Worldwide Supply Chain Management Software Market Grew 12.3 Percent - Article from Supply Chain Management Review -
The Incredible Payback
Indirect Spend money savings
IndustryWeek : Straight Talk about Indirect Procurement -
IT for The Future of Manufacturing
Pretty scary, 50 years after Orlicky and IBM Impact we're doing...
June, 2012 Integration, Putting the Pieces Together (Blue Heron Journal) -
Big Data for Mfg and SCM csc.com
While the cloud computing market matures, technologists and business...
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Searching for Superman
Why CI/Lean Initiatives often fail (two part story)
Searching for Superman – why CI/Lean initiatives often fail (Part 1) theleansubmariner.com
Starting a Continuous Improvement (CI)/Lean Journey I have been working on a project for a few weeks that categorizes what companies are looking for when they seek a lean or continuous improvement ...

What sort of manager are you? Who out there is a true Lean leader?
Adopting Lean Management practices is the key to a successful Lean transformation
To successfully implement a Lean transformation and ...

Single piece flow levelling to Takt?
How do you level production (Heijunka) when you are building to Takt (customer demand) at a one piece flow rate?
Can all 3 concepts ...

Lean Leaders shadow board mind
If you could arrange a "traditional" leaders mind, in the same way as you can a shadow board for tooling, in order to help them increase ...

These are the top-5 lean principles! Or are they?
In my recent research of the approaches in 30 multinational companies I found that the top-five lean principles in practice are the ...
What are the most common lean principles? better-operations.com
It has become extremely popular for companies in any business to pursue the principles of lean production, Six Sigma, TQM, TPM etc (even if the two latter are a bit “so 90s”…) A ...

What does it mean that Honda Profit Margins Beat Toyota's.... again?
Profit margins tell me how well the systems are working. A Mill Girl at Blue Heron Journal

Are Your Employees Drivers or Victims of Process Innovations?
In his 1990 classic HBR article "Reengineering Work: Don't Automate, Obliterate," Michael Hammer argued that IT must be used to drive ...
Are Your Employees Drivers or Victims of Process Innovations? - Brad Power - Harvard Business Review blogs.hbr.org
To stay competitive, organizations need to continually find opportunities for innovation in key processes such as customer service and product development, and adoption of a new process almost always requires the implementation...

Connecting to Your Customer
Very good article on the need to connect with your customer and meet their needs. Concentrating on your customer's wants will increase ...
To Increase Revenue Stop Selling - Forbes forbes.com
Creating or expanding business relationships is not about selling – it’s about establishing trust, rapport, and value creation without selling. Call me crazy, but I don’t want to talk to someone who wants to manage my account, develop my business, or engineer my sale. I want to communicate with someone who [...]

IT for The Future of Manufacturing
Pretty scary, 50 years after Orlicky and IBM Impact we're doing manual spreadsheets to buy global commodities? Huh? Makes my hair ...
My friend the emu enjoying a quick peck on a very wide angle lens! Photo by David Chudnov, with permission. Copyright © 2011 FreeLargePhotos.com...

A great company driving a Lean Transformation and bringing jobs back to the US!
Based on our experience that spans over twenty years of directly facilitating or personally leading businesses or business segments Win ...
In a clip from April 2012, CBS News reports on Buck Knives bringing jobs back to the U.S. Read a lean management case study of the company’s lean transformation , Knife Company Hones Competitiveness by Bucking the Status Quo :...

What do you see as some big picture challenges to making the lean cultural transformation?
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A lean cultural transformation will often face very difficult challenges. Working through these challenges can become even more ...

How do you reduce inventory without stocking out? web.ultriva.com
Reducing supply chain inventory without stocking out is a common problem. One proven solution is a demand responsive supply network.

