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Organizational politics is an enemy of Lean relentlessexcellence.wordpress.com
Maybe it's because I have never been good at "politics". Maybe it's...
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Wipro’s Tryst with Lean (Toyota Production System) theachiever2011.wordpress.com
What started in 2004-2005 as a 10-projects pilot to apply the...
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Data alone will not save you successfulworkplace.com
A look at why data is so 2000's...
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Logistics certification
Does anyone familar with CPIM Certification (Certified in Production and Inventory Management)? It includes 5 different parts: a)...
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Business Case Examples for issuing awards when completing GB certification
Colleagues, I am looking for documented business cases to use as examples for the benefit of issuing money awards (or other types) when...
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7 Sure Ways to More Effective Meetings smartchangesolutions.com
The USA article “ Tame the meeting beast with these 8 tips” sheds...
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The results are in
49% of you thought that a business change/transformation expert...
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How do you overcome the knowing doing gap?
Much of our process improvement efforts require a change in behaviour. It is one thing getting people to acknowledge that something is a...
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Compliments of the Canadian Society for Quality forbes.com
If you were to rewrite the seven habits of highly effective leaders...
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Join us in London on March 30th to demystify Lean, from deployment to...
When applied successfully, Lean can bring real and measurable...
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How to Sustain Change & Improvement smartchangesolutions.com
A client once implemented a new operating and management philosophy...
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Portfolio management and the kill rate !
Technology development projects, ITSM projects and other projects in portfolio management are the foundation for new products/ new...
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What ways have you seen IT groups become more responsive to business...
IT can make business processes much more efficient, and lock in...
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Dear group members, "Lean Simulation Games" are useful learning tools. Knowing the interest for and wide use of Lean, we have...
You will better understand and know how to use concepts like:
- Value Stream Mapping
- Takt Time, Cycle Time (C/T), Change Over Time ...

Which department does process improvement sit in?
Most organisations still have traditional organisational charts, with departments for finance, sales, marketing, production and so on. ...

Does the complexity of 6 Sigma make it too difficult to use in a service based corporations?
Project management was originally developed by firms in construction, engineering and high end manufacturing and later found a home in ...
The 4th Sigma: Is It Time to Rethink Six Sigma? niccollsanddimes.com
Over the past few months, I have been using this blog to collect information from different operational managers, especially IT managers because of the wide range of services they run. The subject ...


Continuous Improvement Leap Year Joke linkedin.com
The controller addressing to the shop floor: Our CEO says that we should be a company that makes the leap to Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement. Today is the 29th of Feb... the '366th' day or leap day in the year, so today, you need to work on Continuous Improvement projects. By the way, your yearly salary is based on 365 days in the year; therefore you are all working for nothing

Business Case Examples for issuing awards when completing GB certification
Colleagues,
I am looking for documented business cases to use as examples for the benefit of issuing money awards (or other types) when ...

How would you like to sell process improvement in just over 3 minutes?
Hi all,
We've been working on a little something that will hopefully help you all in your work. Most of us have a challenge making ...

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7 Sure Ways to More Effective Meetings smartchangesolutions.com
The USA article “ Tame the meeting beast with these 8 tips” sheds light on something most of us already know: much of our time spent in meetings is a waste of time! When you consider that we spend a great part of our time in...

Is IT central to process improvement?
Interesting piece here at HBR where the argument is made that IT is essential to delivering good process improvement. Do you think ...
Three Ways to Make Your IT More Nimble blogs.hbr.org
If you want to improve how your organization develops, delivers and supports its products or services, it's hard to avoid changes to the information systems that enable those processes. Yet I often see organizations that try....

How do you overcome the knowing doing gap?
Much of our process improvement efforts require a change in behaviour. It is one thing getting people to acknowledge that something is ...

New Visual Workplace Handbook - free download
New 21-page handbook covers principles, standards, best practices, and provides lots of photo examples on how to incorporate visual ...

Negotiation, the ability bring parties together and reach and agreement, is a invaluable tool for a project manager or a PMO. What...
Project management is all about communication, and the rarest communication skill is negotiation! If you want to learn how to be a ...
PMO Genius: How To Negotiate like a PAWN Star niccollsanddimes.com
Project management is all around us. We see it all the time, but it doesn't necessarily register as project management. One of the most common elements of project management…. Or just plain old...
