Maggie Millard
Recent Posts
5 Signs You Should Consider Strategy Deployment Software
June 13, 2018Achieving strategic objectives is the most important, and often the most difficult, responsibility of any organization. It is all too easy...
What KaiNexus Brings to Hoshin Kanri that You Just Live Without
December 3, 2016Hoshin Kanri, translated as “strategy deployment” or “management compass,” is a Lean methodology for aligning strategy, measures, and...
The Role of Catchball in Strategic Planning
September 20, 2016We’ve written before about how the Lean technique of Catchball is a valuable improvement tool. The process of passing ideas back and forth...
Taking Your First Gemba Walk? Here are 10 Tips.
September 12, 2016If you are getting ready to take your first Gemba walk, good for you! Gemba walks are an effective way to identify opportunities for...
The 4 Essential Functions of CAPA Software
September 6, 2016Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) is an important part of the quality management approach of many organizations. It focuses on the...
What to Look for When Choosing a Digital Kaizen Board
August 31, 2016If you are considering implementing a digital Kaizen board to support your organization’s improvement efforts, congratulations. It’s a...
The Case for Digital Huddle Boards
August 29, 2016Huddle boards are a popular way to gather teams together on a daily basis to talk about improvement. Typically, the boards contain slips of...
Don’t Leave Your Visual Management Abilities in the Car
October 11, 2023The human brain processes visual images much more easily than it can text. That’s because processing visual information is innate. A...
5 Situations that Call for a Kaizen Event
August 19, 2016The best way to implement and sustain improvement within an organization is to practice daily Kaizen. This means capturing and executing...