by Neil | Jan 7, 2022 | Lean Management Articles
Moving To A More Sustainable Manufacturing Operation There has been a lot of publicity and discussion about COP 26 and the need to avoid further global warming through the reduction of CO2 and other environmental wastes. Whilst this has provided motivation and a...
by Neil | Sep 29, 2017 | Lean Management Articles
The Problem As Covey said: “Begin with the end in mind” Why should this principle be applicable to the subject of sustainability when performing improvement projects under the Operational Excellence banner? What we see in deploying many projects across a variety of...
by Neil | Oct 9, 2016 | Lean Management Articles, Lean Office, New to Lean Management
1. Connecting with people: When Lean starts it is normally in the factory and it is driven by frontline improvement events, which require operators and supervisors to be involved because the process of making things is what they do. Management does not try to...
by Neil | Oct 9, 2016 | New to Lean Management
5 Benefits of improving your business processes 1. You can sell more. By improving your quotation process through reducing the lead-time and making it faster, it gives you more opportunity to negotiate with the customer and win. Your speed of response will also...
by Neil | Sep 10, 2016 | Lean Management Articles
One of the most frequent questions that is asked by organisations starting on the route of process improvement is “where do we start?” There are many choices available: do you follow the book and map out a value stream or business process? Or should you...
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