Does A Lean Organization Abandon Information Technology?
March 24, 2015"Stop using all information technology and do everything manually!"
What would be our reaction if the leadership in our company made this...
Continuous Improvement or Optimization: Which Wins in the Real World?
March 18, 2015“Optimization” is a sexy buzzword that gets thrown around a lot in the business world. Phrases like “Let’s optimize our advertising...
What is Toyota Kata?
April 2, 2015"Toyota Kata" is one of those buzzwords you often hear around thrown around in the continuous improvement space, but what does it really...
What Our CTO's Been Reading
November 28, 2014Matt Paliulis is the KaiNexus Chief Technology Officer. Over the years, he has worked for Price Waterhouse, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and IBM...
20 Continuous Improvement Experts You Should Know
April 11, 2017We've pulled together a list of 20 of some of the most interesting and insightful people who are active in the realm of continuous...
Engaged Employee at Krispy Kreme Created Olympic Ring Donuts
March 26, 2015In late 2012, a young man named Jai Jaing walked into a Krispy Kreme Doughnut shop in Austin, TX. He was practicing something known as...
Houston, We Have An Improvement Opportunity
March 18, 2015In a previous post, I wrote about the definition of a "problem," as taught to me by mentors who previously worked at Toyota. A problem is a...
Friday Five: Blogs Our VP of Customer Success Loves
November 4, 2017Mark Graban is the KaiNexus VP of Customer Success. He is author of two Shingo Research Award-winning books, and has worked as a consultant...
A Simple Yet Scientific Approach to Problem Identification
March 18, 2015In various continuous improvement methodologies, we talk a lot about problem solving. How do we know if there is a problem or an opportunity