Stepping onto a manufacturing floor that is operating at peak performance is not unlike attending an opera. Each assembly cell creates its own unique tune, providing a critical note to the symphony of motion ringing out. The hum of productivity builds as...
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What Leaders Should Expect During a Lean Transformation
Embarking on a lean transformation journey can be a powerful, evolutionary strategy for organizations aiming to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and drive continuous improvement. The Lean transformation strategy, often inspired by the standard principles of Lean...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Flatlined: Why Lean Transformations Fail and What to do About It
