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Is #continual business #transformation a must?

A great article by Torben Rick For companies that don’t want merely to #succeed in their industries but to lead them, continual business transformation is a must. The drivers of transformation vary widely, ranging from the increased globalization of markets, disruptive technology, shifting energy prices, consumer expectations. Whatever the business driver, the initiatives born from strategic calls to action will always

How to Easily Attract #Clients Who Are the Perfect #Match

A great article by Gerry Martin (inarticlezone.com) One of the biggest things that people want to learn about is how to attract new and potential clients. Regardless of what industry you are in, what product you are selling or what service you are providing, being able to attract the right client is the key. As a Heart-Centered entrepreneur, it is even

The #Kata of Leader #Development

A great article written by Mark Rosenthal  (TheLeanThinker.com) I’ve been parsing Turn the Ship Around to better understand David Marquet’smessage from his experience as captain of the USS Santa Fe (SSN 763), a Los Angeles Class nuclear powered attack submarine. And I’ve been promising to link his concepts back to Toyota Kata. So now I’m going to try to do that.

Baby #Step Backwards to Big #Solutions!

A great article published by Lean Genesis. One of the most common struggles when determining a countermeasure is: how to come up with the idea for a solution.  I’m going to tell you what works for me. Often times, we’re told to walk before we run, take baby steps, don’t bite off more than you can chew.  Surely, there is a

The 7 #Benefits of Focusing on #Results by Angelina Palmer

A great ARTICLE written by Angelina Palmer (Entreprisenk.com) Leaders are tasked with delivering results for their organisation which leads to personal success. When people think of getting results, they often imagine the leader as being someone who has disregard for people. Yet the reality is that leaders who get results know the importance of people in getting results. So what are

You Can’t Become Lean If You Only Eat Fried Food!!

If you want to lose weight by eating organic, low calorie food but…. you deep-fry everything, you will not only stay overweight, you will become sick. However, most American manufacturers do just this with regard to lean. They want to become lean organizations but they do not want to change the way they manage. Success with lean can only be

Six Sigma methodology can improve ASC cash flow and patient satisfaction

The implementation of #SixSigma at General Electric played a well-publicized role in Jack Welch’s effort to lead it into the 21st century. In the first five years after it was implemented at GE, Six Sigma produced an estimated $12 billion in cost savings. While a simple concept at hand, Six Sigma must be implemented and understood thoroughly as a team to

Lean’s a Journey, Not a Sprint

Changes are driven by the  #people who actually work with #patients! NorthBay Healthcare’s Lean journey enters its fourth year next month.  It has been an uneven ride because of some personnel changes, and to some degree, my impatience. READ THE FULL NEWS

Manufacturing’s Future: How to Engage and Retain Gen X & Y

This is a great article written by Dan Batson According to a recent Gallup Poll, the American workforce is distinctly divided into thirds. While the “live-to-work” baby boomers make up about 31%, and the “self-reliant” Generation X has 32%, the “Me Generation” or Millennial Generation comes in at about 33%… READ THE FULL ARTICLE

Transformational Leadership: Inspiring to Change

Say the word “leader” and most of us envision a knight-like figure charging headlong, inspiring his troops and generally leading from the front. That’s the dramatized version of a special type of leadership called “Transformational Leadership”. Transformational leadership is probably the ideal interpretation of leadership, and the most romanticized. Leaders of this kind are visionaries, full of enthusiasm and boundless

Not Everything That Can be Automated Should Be

Article written by Robert Simonis (RESOURCE: http://www.sme.org) Robert H. Simonis is the Senior Consultant for Manufacturing and Operations at KCE Consulting LLC.  Robert has over twenty years of leadership experience including ten years factory management and ten years of global responsibilities in automotive, electronics, machining, and complex assembly operations and is recognized as a Lean enterprise expert The assembly cell

What’s the point of Lean training?

This is great article written by David Bovis. I love to hear people discussing the importance of ‘Purpose’ and how it has to be clearly defined at all levels of an organisation, if alignment and accountability are to flourish. It reminds me of the philosophy I’ve read, in which it has been agreed across the ages that through language, the

Increasing needs of Kaizen in Pharma Industry

This is an interesting article romoted by THE KAIZEN INSTITUTE INDIA. Increasing cost pressures, rising competition, country specific approval procedures, losses in sales due to expiring patents, etc. are few of the hurdles faced by organizations in pharmaceuticals industry. Research shows that most of the organizations have adopted or implemented Kaizen/ Lean/ Operational Excellence, however more than 50% have not

Britain’s economy: Boosting productivity with Lean Six Sigma

Britain’s biggest problem today is not the deficit but stagnant productivity growth that leaves output per hour 2% below its peak in 2008 (see article). The country’s economic future depends far more on… READ THE FULL ARTICLE

Flow Where You Can, Pull Where You Can’t

This is a great article wrote by Mike Orzen It seems that since the beginning of time we’ve all learned, “Lean is about continuously developing people and improving processes to create and flow value to customers using the least possible resources required.” Value of products and services is created through a series of work processes, some which create value and some

How Wrong Representation of Problem Can Hamper Your Improvement Journey

This an interesting article wrote by Mr. Nitali Zaveri Many organizations are perusing Six Sigma as an organization philosophy to improve process performance. One of our clients, a leading manufacturer of the capital machineries was interested in understanding and perusing Six Sigma. So they called many consultants for discussion including our consulting company. We proposed to conduct… READ THE FULL

Why Lean Six Sigma is Bad for Not-For-Profit

This is a very interesting article wrote by Georgina Hust. Broadly speaking Lean is the process of reducing waste, while Six Sigma is a tool which seeks to identify and reduce variation and defects. Both are focused on improving processes, quality of service and therefore customer satisfaction. READ THE FULL ARTICLE

5X Why most Leaders are not Good Enough

This is a very interesting article wrote by Philip Holt! Jeffrey Liker first provided real insight into Lean Leadership in his book, the Toyota Way , in 2003. This followed on from the insights into the Toyota Production System, or Toyota Way, that Womack and Jones had first introduced to us in the 1990s and attempted to provide insight to the

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Who said Lean Six Sigma is not about People?

Article written by Michael Ballè Without mastering these seven foundational behavioral skills, even with their heart in the right place, leaders fumble their presence at the gemba and, consequently, feel disappointed by the bottom-line results they get from their lean efforts. With Lean Thinking, Jim Womack and Dan Jones ushered a true (and rare) revolution in management thinking: To deliver a

10 Tips for Getting Most of Your Work Done By Noon

Many successful people have developed methods that allow them to get as much as 90 percent of their work done before they take their lunch break. That doesn’t mean they are…>>Keep reading… Do you want to share your article? Contact us to: contact@lean6sigma4all.eu

How to program a robot in less than 2 mins

IndustryWeek Technology Editor Travis Hessman put Ed Mullen, Universal Robots national sales manager, on the spot, asking for a live demonstration of how to program the company’s latest robot. It took Mullen less than two minutes to complete a demonstration. How long would it take for an operator to learn? “Five minutes,” asserts Mullen. Do you want to share your

The Lean WORKSTATION that makes work easier

When configuring a work area, the following need to be considered…>>keep reading RESOURCE http://www.kaizeninstituteindia.com Do you want to share your article? Contact us to: contact@lean6sigma4all.eu

Starbucks Coffee and Kaizen

I am a confirmed Starbucks addict. Because the burnt flavor of their beans titillates my taste buds in just the right way, at 5am every morning I walk to my neighborhood Starbucks and kick start my day with a whole milk grande latte, no foam, extra shot. Makes my mouth water just to think about it! This morning, as the

Using robots to improve Customer Service Experience at stores

TOKYO – Food giant Nestle (IW 1000/35) said Wednesday that its Japan unit would hire 1,000 robots as sales clerks at stores across the country. The first batch of the robots — chatty humanoids called Pepper — will report to work by the end of this year at outlets that sell coffee capsules and home espresso machines. “From December, they