Jeff Roussel
Recent Posts
You Might Need a Kaizen Event If ….
November 9, 2015While we believe that Kaizen events are an extremely effective improvement tool, we are reluctant to say too much about them without a word...
Incremental Improvement: Not Just for the Factory Floor.
September 28, 2015If you do a bit of reading about improvement methodologies like Lean, Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, or Toyota Kata, you might come...
Make Your Next Kaizen Event a Hole-in-One
September 23, 2015Anyone who plays a little golf can attest to the fact that what you do with the club before and after hitting the ball is every bit as...
The Lowdown on Standard Work
October 10, 2018Standard work is an important concept for any organization that is interested in embracing continuous improvement. It is relatively...
How Catchball is (a bit) Like Parenting
September 9, 2015When my daughter was in elementary school, every weekday morning, I would drive her to the daycare center located on the site of the...
Why and How to Capture Continuous Improvement Data
September 3, 2015One of the core principles of continuous improvement is that decisions are made based on data. Practitioners don’t just rely on anecdotal...
Breaking Down the Philosophy of Incremental Improvement
October 11, 2023When business leaders talk about business improvement initiatives, conversations can easily drift toward methodologies and tools. While...
5 Technologies That Increase My Efficiency
April 11, 2017In my role as VP of Sales here at KaiNexus, I speak to people all the time that are skeptical about whether technology can make them...
What is Kanban and Why Should You Care?
October 11, 2023If you are new to the world of Lean, Six Sigma or continuous improvement in general, you may be scratching your head over some of the terms...