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Where Will the Work Around Take You?

26 October, 2012 by Mark Davis 8 Comments

Work Around

This is a guest post by Mark Davis I hate to admit it, but my plumbing is starting to fail. No, not my personal plumbing – that would be another issue entirely, and one I’d be more likely to share with my physician than with an international audience. The topic here is the plumbing in […]

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement Tagged With: rework, waste, work around

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

10 Things You Really Should Know if You Run an Operation

6 June, 2012 by James Lawther 2 Comments

The Pamphlet

I am now a published author That is not strictly accurate, but why let the truth get in the way of a good story? Let me try again I have written an e-book; well it is more of an e-pamphlet It is available at all good book stores; well OK it is self published and is only […]

Filed Under: Blog, Tools & Techniques, Wild Cards Tagged With: clarity, communication, continuous improvement, cost saving, customer focus, error proofing, fessing up, measurement, purpose, waste

Expensive Handshakes and Complexity Costs

16 August, 2011 by James Lawther 7 Comments

Expensive Handshakes

If two people meet and shake hands with each other, how many handshakes are there?  Easy question, the answer is one. If three people meet, how many handshakes are there?  Three, are you with me? If four people meet the answer is six, now you need to think about it. As the number of people […]

Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis Tagged With: complexity, waste

Decide, Please Decide, Decide Now

4 June, 2011 by James Lawther 1 Comment

What do you do when faced with a decision? Do you do everything you can to get it right?  Do you analyse the options, get opinions from trusted advisers, work through all the angles to make the correct choice.  Do you take the time and effort to make sure?  Do you do the right thing? […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: bureaucracy, communication, decisions, measurement, risk assessment, trust, waste

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