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May-2012

Featured Article: Metrics in Lean by Michel Baudin Featured Book: A Tale of Two Transformations by Michael Levine

A Tale of Two Transformations

There are many books that seek to explain Lean and Agile software that offer theory, techniques, and examples. Michael Levine’s first book, A Tale of Two Systems, is one of the best, synthesizing Lean manufacturing and product development with agile software concepts in an engaging business novel. However, there has been precious little practical guidance [...]

Metrics in Lean

Part 1: Requirements Ever since childhood, we all want to know what grades we get on our report cards, and what these grades mean in terms of how well we are doing. We want to be evaluated based on parameters we understand and we can affect by our efforts. A key issue in manufacturing is [...]

Apr-2012

Featured Article: Lean Viewed as Only a Toolkit is Destined to Fail by Cash Powell Featured Book: Adventures in Leanland by Russell Watkins

Lean Viewed as Only a Toolkit is Destined to Fail

In co-writing the book “Toyota Culture” with Jeff Liker, Michael Hoseus had the opportunity to travel to many parts of the world and come into contact with many organizations working on improving through “Lean Management”. Many problems and misunderstandings exist regarding what it takes to be a Lean organization. This article reviews the most common [...]

Adventures in Leanland

In this refreshing and engaging book, Russell Watkins proves that ‘lean’ need not be a dull, dry topic. Adventures in Leanland weaves his global experiences into stories, examples and advice to challenge and inform. Russell’s highly readable style traces a path through destinations as diverse as Mumbai and Mexico to give an honest evaluation of [...]

Mar-2012

Featured Article: Meaningless Victory by Bob Emiliani Featured Book: The Lean Hangover by Rob Joblonski

The Lean Hangover

One of the most powerful ways businesses have improved profits over the past two decades has been by moving away from mass production to lean manufacturing. Many, many businesses have successfully learned to use the lean way to generate stronger profits and growth. But even today, even after what feels like a barrage of training, [...]

Meaningless Victory

These pioneers of progressive management – Frederick Taylor, Frank Woollard, and Taiichi Ohno – have taught us much. But we have not learned all the lessons that we can from them. Far from it. In fact, we have yet to learn their most important lessons, one of which is the predisposition of senior managers to [...]

AME Annual Conference 2012

Association for Manufacturing Excellence The largest lean conference in the world, for practitioners by practitioners.

Lean HR Summit

Lean Frontiers – With respect for people as an underlying tenet, the human resources function plays a critical role in the lean organization. Traditional human resource practices can derail lean thinking in an organization in a variety of ways. There are many outcomes when Lean HR is applied in a lean organization, a few of [...]

Lean Accounting Summit

Lean Frontiers – The Lean Accounting Summit was launched in 2005 in Dearborn, MI. It was a pioneering group of 320 CFOs, CEOs, and COOs that propelled forward the cause of lean accounting. Today, the Summit enters its 8th year and has matured greatly from “what is lean accounting” to executives now understanding the power [...]

Building Dream Teams to Accelerate Your Lean Journey

Association for Manufacturing Excellence – Research has established that employee engagement is a leading indicator of future business performance and success.  Employee satisfaction, tenure, and organizational perception are all linked to individual engagement and performance level.  Organizations with highly engaged employees have earnings per share growth rates that are 2.6 times higher than less engaged [...]

Accounting for Lean Enterprises

Association for Manufacturing Excellence – In order to assist companies align their lean production system strategies with the organization’s accounting and financial strategies, AME and Auburn University – Business Executive Education (AU-BEE)  are co-hosting an in-depth 3-day course on Accounting for a Lean Enterprise. This three-day seminar will teach you how you can make appropriate [...]

PLC Training Workshop

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