Metrics…every company has them. Not all metrics are created equal, and quite frankly, some metrics can derail a Lean transformation. I was with the CEO and CFO of a rather large industrial manufacturing company, and I learned that they measured their plant management on Machine Efficiency. When asked why, the CFO responded: “we paid a […]
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Lean Accounting and Accounting for Lean Presented at Shared Services Exchange
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Strategy Deployment Webinar
How to deploy Breakthrough Business Strategies to achieve sustained growth and profitability in the current challenging business environment. According to a study conducted by CFO Magazine, over 500 companies revealed that the top reason for the lack of value in their company’s planning process can be explained by the lack of a well-defined process to […]
Lean Administration Certification Workshop
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 ensure you get to the top of the ladder is to achieve a Green […]
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 get your diagnosis the same day and when 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 earthquake-tsunami that hit northeast Japan has […]