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A Simple Kaizen Event Roadmap
July 28, 2016We’ve written before about the fact that the success of a Kaizen event depends on what happens before, during, and after, with each phase...
A Call For a Fundamental Change to Our Medical Culture
August 29, 2026Medical errors are now the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to John Hopkins Researchers. In 1999, the Institute...
Is Your Visual Management Board Doomed to Fail?
October 5, 2016We recently came across a great article in IndustryWeek by Dan Markovitz, president of Markovitz Consulting, a faculty member at the Lean...
What to Look for When Evaluating Value Stream Mapping Software
July 7, 2016Value stream mapping is a technique that involves analyzing and improving the steps in any process that takes a service or product from the...
6 Reasons Why Your Cross Functional Teams Need Software to Collaborate
June 1, 2016In most organizations, the most challenging problems are those that span multiple teams, departments, or divisions. For example, many...
Top 7 Reasons to Implement a Digital Kaizen Board
July 21, 2016For decades, companies engaged in continuous improvement have used physical Kaizen boards to visualize the improvement process. Typically,...
Customer Value - The Ultimate Goal of a Lean Organization
April 28, 2016It is a common misconception that the elimination of waste is the prime objective for Lean organizations. This isn’t one bit surprising....
DMAIC – A Smart Approach for Lasting Improvement
April 25, 2016Most of the time when we talk to people about continuous improvement, the focus is on using improvement techniques to make business...
Why a Digital Kaizen Board Works Better than Your Paper One
April 21, 2016When Kaizen boards come up, most people think of a space on a wall where people can contribute ideas and (theoretically) watch them move...
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