Businesses need to remove costs from their operations to remain viable. They need to increase profitability and remove waste and variation from their processes in order to stay competitive. Administrative Lean methodology skills are in great demand. The only way to...
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Mark DeLuzio
A Hospital Without Waste
Is there a Hospital which continually strives for WASTE reduction? There appears to be a hospital in India, which seems to know the answer to this question. That's Aravind Eye Hospital in India. When you walk in here and visit the hospital without an appointment, you...
Any Color You Want Except Tuxedo Black
Henry Ford could get the customer any type of Model T as long as it was black. But the Ford Motor Company now finds itself in the strange position of being able to supply vehicles in any color except (metallic) black as a result of the catastrophe in Japan. The...
Balanced Scorecards vs. Strategy Deployment
The original intent of the Balanced Scorecard attempts to identify targets (both financial and operational) that are strategic in nature. However, most companies that I am familiar with misuse this tool, and tend to merge daily management measures (KPI’s – Key...
Lean Principles in Information Technology
Lean Principles have been applied over the years in many different sectors delivering substantial results. Today there are many success stories almost in every business activity, however throughout my years of experience implementing Lean in different countries,...
Mark DeLuzio Interviewed on The Lean Nation
Lean Horizons President and CEO, Mark DeLuzio, was interviewed on The Lean Nation radio show with Karl Wadensten on April 12, 2011. If you missed the broadcast, you can click below to listen to the podcast. Click here to listen to Mark DeLuzio on The Lean Nation. The...
How do You Apply Lean Growth Solutions to Drive Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Successful, profitable innovation (the lifeblood of any company) means developing the right products for the right markets at the right times. For technology-driven product companies, the last remaining areas of competitive differentiation lie in their product...
What Should we do First, Lean or Six Sigma?
I continue to be asked: “what should we do first, Lean or Six Sigma?” Here is our position on this subject: Six Sigma is a problem solving tool. Problem Solving is a subset of Lean (which is comprised of many tools), and it makes no sense to build a culture around a...
Lean Horizons to Celebrate 10 Years of Consulting
Lean Horizons Consulting will be celebrating it's 10th year of consulting in May, 2011! Lean Horizons started in 2001 with just four consultants, who were led by the company's President and CEO, Mark DeLuzio. Today Lean Horizons is a global company serving markets in...
How Do You Apply Lean To Administrative Processes?
Are your Lean efforts primarily shop floor focused? The late Dr. Deming stated that most customers do not leave an organization because of bad products; rather they leave due to bad processes. This would suggest that “back office” areas need to be transformed. Our...
Flatlined: Why Lean Transformations Fail and What to do About It
