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2 September 2010 / 2 CommentsI recently had the pleasure of having lunch with Rick Foreman. Rick frequently comments on this blog and many others.
Rick is also extremely passionate about…
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30 August 2010 / 14 CommentsMy life changed – more than I could have ever imagined – Sunday evening, January 14, 2007.
You see it was on this day that I…
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27 August 2010 / 6 CommentsHave you ever heard the stories of how the air conditioning repair man often has air conditioning problems at home?
Or how the plumber’s wife is…
Click Here to Continue Reading the Article...Lean Blogging – There’s an app for that!
24 August 2010 / 4 CommentsIf you are an iPhone user you’re going to want to download the 100% free Lean Daily app.
It’s extremely cool as it consolidates the latest posts…
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20 August 2010 / No CommentsGemba Academy is looking to possibly implement a Learning Management System (LMS) that would allow our customers to track what videos have been watched as well…
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18 August 2010 / 4 CommentsLot, a reader of LSS Academy, recently sent the following question in.
Click Here to Continue Reading the Article...“We are actually starting lean six sigma in our bank and I am in…
5S or 6S… which should it be?
4 August 2010 / 21 CommentsI was recently asked the following question by a continuous improvement practitioner:
“Should we make safety the 6th S, thus calling it 6S instead of 5S?”
I…
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2 August 2010 / 6 CommentsI’ve been doing a tremendous amount of classroom training the last few weeks. As an aside, if you’re interested in having me or one of…
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Free Introduction to Lean Video
18 February 2009 / 2 CommentsHere is part one of our first Gemba Academy video. To see the complete and full screen version – in high definition – please visit our main site. Stay tuned for more free videos in the coming weeks.
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