Leadership Considerations for the Lean Chief Transformation Officer
Click here to download this white paper as a PDF Introduction Having spent 9 years in the role of Vice President, Danaher Business Systems (DBS), I quite frankly found it to be the most challenging professional position of my career. I refer to this position as...
Mark DeLuzio is speaking at the 2018 Lean Accounting & Management Summit
Mark DeLuzio will be presenting a mini-keynote at the next Lean Accounting & Management Summit on September 21, 2018. As a precursor to his upcoming book, he will share why organizations are Flatlining after doing lean for more than a decade and what to do about...
Organizational Announcement – Clem Confessore
It is with great pleasure that I announce the promotion of Clem Confessore to Managing Director. Clem has a distinguished career in Lean management and has been a Senior Consultant for Lean Horizons over the past several years. Clem is one of the longest running...
Financial Close to Disclose: Impact of Delays and Poor Quality
Monthly, quarterly and annual Closes and Discloses are an integral part of the business cycle. When you have a great month, quarter or year you want to share the great news, describe the success and give credit to your team for a job well done. When things don't go...
Finance Department: Historians or Navigators?
Is your finance team under enormous stress that leads to burnout? Is there low morale and high turnover? Lately this seems to be the rule rather than the exception. Increasing regulations, poor data integrity, demanding Boards of Directors, and outdated accounting...
Kaizen Award Earned by Lean Horizons Client Tempel Steel
Lean Horizons client Tempel Steel earned an award on January 4, 2014 for Best Kaizen Project at the Quality Circle Forum of India. The Kaizen award Tempel received was for an innovative tool used to reduce set-up time on a 300 ton progressive press. The Kaizen event,...
Six Sigma Versus Lean Tools
Lean and Six Sigma have now matured as the premier continuous improvement tools in today’s business environment. But there is still much confusion over which is the best tool to use and when. Some companies declare themselves staunch six sigma advocates and some are...
How do you Drive Lean in a Process Industry?
In a process industry environment small improvements make a big difference due to the high volume of product moving through the facility in a short period of time. I remember one facility that was running at the high end of the customer material specification due to...
Are Your Metrics Holding You Back?
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...
Lean Accounting and Accounting for Lean Presented at Shared Services Exchange
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