Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 10, 2013

Smart goals and data-driven assessment help employees and managers map career advancement – Guest post by Danielle M. Setting SMART goals. Here’s what the acronym means: Specific: When an individual or team needs to tackle a large general goal, such as “Increase productivity,” it often helps to specify the desired action.

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Goal Metrics Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain 150

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 23, 2020

At its core, lean project management is about delivering greater value while minimizing waste. If your goal is to improve your team’s lean project management, resulting in greater efficiency and productivity, you need to take a number of key steps. How to Apply Lean Project Management Methodology.

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Project Management Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing 83

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In order for manufacturing companies to be successful, they need to take good care of their customers. Salesforce is a customer relationship management solution that brings customers and companies together. Manufacturing cloud – this can help you to create transparency through each process. PDCA Cycle.

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Tools Process Lean Manufacturing Industry 98

Engaging Leader

APRIL 10, 2014

Or, if you have a key practice or mindset — for example, lean manufacturing — how do you […]. Or, if you have a key practice or mindset -- for example, lean manufacturing -- how do you spread it throughout your organization? That’s a question that Starbucks certainly struggled to answer.

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Lean Manufacturing Tactics Constraint Health Care 138

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. A forward-thinking plant manager modified the Deming Philosophy to create something called “The Livonia Philosophy.”. But, I needed a job, so I cast a wide net.

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Kaizen Deming Lean Manufacturing Handbook 28

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2012

The ways individual companies achieve these straightforward goals fall in two basic categories: developing and adopting new management practices (such as total quality management, lean manufacturing, reengineering, and employee engagement), or adopting new technology and integrating it into the way work is done.

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Productivity Products Lean Manufacturing Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2014

If so, you probably manage your organization and your direct reports through weekly meetings and email. Leader standard work is a term often used in lean manufacturing. Moreover, employees and managers lose the vital, trust-building connection with leadership that helps sustain culture and habits through tough times.

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Lean Manufacturing Long-term Project Performance Review 11