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Tedious but Important

11 April, 2014 by James Lawther 5 Comments

Dog Food

Some jobs are just plain boring In the dim and distant past I was a Development Manager for a frozen food company.  My role was to launch new products, beef-burgers, potato waffles, ready meals, you get the idea. Part of the job was very exciting, but part of it was as dull as dishwater. The […]

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement Tagged With: capital investment, defects, efficiency versus effectiveness, innovation, test and learn

The Two Reasons why Your M.I. is Always Wrong

8 June, 2013 by James Lawther 7 Comments

Counting steps

My 4-year-old daughter is learning to count.  She is obsessed by it.  She counts everything: 1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5.. 6.. Everywhere we go. Most of all though she counts steps.  Particularly in castles and cathedrals (which is fun) and car parks (which when you are laden with bags full of shopping… that you just […]

Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis Tagged With: data integrity, defects, key performance indicators, measurement

Do You Need Lean Thinking?

10 July, 2012 by James Lawther 5 Comments

waste paper

The term “Lean Thinking” first came into use in 1996 when James Womack and Daniel Jones published their book of the same name.  The book distilled their thoughts after studying the Toyota manufacturing business.  A lean, waste free organisation. Since then, those first lean ideas have come on a long way.  They are no longer […]

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement, Tools & Techniques Tagged With: defects, lean thinking, over-processing, over-production, stock, transportation waste, waiting, waste, wasted intellect, wasted motion

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