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 planning and the ways they innovate. Innovation is imperative for these companies. That’s a huge challenge because today, half […]
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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 tool like Six […]
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 North and South America, Europe, China, and India. One of our […]
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 experience tells us that the root cause of problems found on […]
Mark DeLuzio to Conduct Strategy Deployment Workshop
Lean Horizons Consulting President and CEO, Mark DeLuzio, along with Associate Partner Jorge Barron, will be conducting a workshop on Strategy Deployment at the 2011 Shingo Prize International Conference. The workshop will be most beneficial to leaders who are concerned about how to achieve breakthrough performance by ensuring organizational alignment and maximizing the use of resources. The workshop […]
Does Your Company Have a Lean Culture?
Why do so many companies fail at lean transformations? I get this question quite frequently. I have had the opportunity in my career to literally work with hundreds of companies. Those that don’t make it usually have one thing in common: lack of top-level support from leadership. So many companies try to excel at the […]