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Your Valuable “Lean Feedback” Is Requested

29 June 2009 / No Comments

I am helping some fellow lean thinkers out with a short lean related survey.

This survey appeals to me for a few reasons.  First, it’s all…

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How clean is clean enough?

28 June 2009 / 6 Comments

Here’s a question for you. When practicing the 3rd step of 5S – often referred to as shine or sweep – how clean is clean…

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45 Inches and Sizers

18 June 2009 / 11 Comments

I recently got an email from American Airlines titled, “Important Reminders About Carry-On Baggage.”

Normally I delete these kinds of emails but for some reason I…

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Is Economic Lot Size Dead?

16 June 2009 / 14 Comments

On page 19 of Shigeo Shingo’s masterpiece A Revolution in Manufacturing: The SMED System he writes an extremely strong statement:

“In fact, there is an important blind…

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Parenting and Lean Six Sigma

15 June 2009 / 4 Comments

I am the father of 4 wonderfully perfect children. I love them more than words can describe and couldn’t imagine my life without them.

And, recently,…

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How Do You Make Decisions?

5 June 2009 / 7 Comments

One of things I’ve come to realize about myself is I can make decisions quickly.

I don’t need to think about things for days on end……

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Dealing with the 7 Deadly Wastes

2 June 2009 / 4 Comments

Just a quick announcement… we’ve recently released a new course over at Gemba Academy called “Dealing with the 7 Deadly Wastes.”

During this 10 module course…

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Old-School Vertical Hierarchies

31 May 2009 / 10 Comments

By: Michael Lombard

As the saying goes, I wasn’t born in Texas, but I ran here as fast as I could. When I arrived, I found…

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18 February 2009 / 2 Comments

Here 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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