Maggie Millard
Recent Posts
Continuous Improvement vs. Lean Six Sigma
August 4, 2022We are in a fortunate position to have the opportunity to chat with business leaders across the spectrum about the challenges and...
Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Management: Which Style is Best?
July 26, 2022John Shook, president of the Lean Enterprise Institute, is among those who describe Lean or the Toyota Production System as being neither...
12 Characteristics of a Lean Organization
July 5, 2022The renowned football coach and philosopher, Vince Lombardi, once said, “Perfection is unattainable, but if we chase perfection, we catch...
Six Core Principles of the Continuous Improvement Model
June 24, 2022There are a host of methodologies that businesses use to bring structure to the process of identifying and acting upon opportunities for...
Proven Lean Strategies for Optimal Business Performance
June 21, 2022Most modern business management methodologies have roots in Toyota's approach to quality improvement and business optimization following...
Lean Management: Definition, Principles, and Techniques
May 17, 2022Lean management, also called Lean manufacturing, or just Lean, is a business methodology that helps organizations reach their most critical...
What is a Kanban Board and How Does it Improve Quality?
March 31, 2022In the post-WW II era, Toyota realized that they could improve profitability and product quality by matching parts inventory with real-time...
Hype Innovation with the Best Idea Management Software
March 29, 2022Businesses increasingly turn to idea management tools to capture, manage, measure, and reward employee recommendations for positive change....
What is Kaizen? A Mindful System of Quality Improvement
March 21, 2022We’ve written quite a bit about the definition of Kaizen, but today, I thought it would be an interesting challenge to reflect on how I...