Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2023

You can reduce waste by implementing lean manufacturing principles, investing in automation, considering just-in-time inventory, conducting waste audits, and promoting sustainable improvements. This will lead to faster turnaround times and higher performance.

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Operations Cost Lean Manufacturing Outsourcing 107

Terry Starbucker

MARCH 22, 2015

The founder and CEO of Portland company Plywerk , Kjell has been fighting the good startup fight for nearly 8 years, handcrafting beautiful wood photo displays with his crew in a warehouse on the east side of the city. Kjell van Zoen and his wife, Kim. Kjell van Zoen isn’t looking for unicorns. It is a classic startup story.

Lean Manufacturing 150

Lean Manufacturing Entrepreneur Workshop Learning-by-Doing 150

Deming Institute

JANUARY 16, 2017

General Motors wasn’t my ideal workplace after having read Deming’s Out of the Crisis and learning a bit about Lean manufacturing in college. As I blogged about in previously, there was one hospital system that had been written up as a Lean success story in a major healthcare publication.

Kaizen 28

Kaizen Deming Lean Manufacturing Handbook 28

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

CEOs are increasingly adding the CDO role to their management teams to tackle the big business issues that come with data. A large durable goods manufacturer wanted to quantify the value of the IT portfolio to its product development function. Enter the chief data officer, or CDO.

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Company Lean Manufacturing Compliance Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2014

Leader standard work is a term often used in lean manufacturing. These questions are particularly powerful when they go up and down the chain of command — when CEO ask VPs, VPs ask managers, and managers ask frontline staff in a tightly scheduled series of meetings. You should instead consider “ leader standard work.”.

Lean Manufacturing 11

Lean Manufacturing Long-term Project Performance Review 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2011

Danaher, the $10 billion conglomerate of 600 manufacturing companies, got serious about process improvement after the surprising turnaround of a subsidiary in the mid-1990s. Its Jacobs Vehicle Systems unit used lean manufacturing techniques to eliminate waste, reduce floor space, and improve product flow.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma Process Tips Lean Manufacturing 14