3 Arguments Against Kaizen Tracking in Spreadsheets

If you are still tracking your Kaizen activities in spreadsheets, I get it. Spreadsheets are a tempting approach because you already have...

The What and Why of CAPA Software

Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) is an essential ingredient in many quality management strategies. The approach relies on the...

Our Best 6 Tips for Implementing Lean Construction

We are starting to see a sharp increase in the number of construction companies that are coming to us in search of a software solution to...

What the KaiNexus Team Expects to See When We Visit Toyota

Later this week, the entire KaiNexus team is meeting in Austin for our bi-annual team meeting (we have team members in the Dallas area and...

How Software Amplifies the Impact of Kaizen

In 1986, Masaaki Imai founded the Kaizen Institute Consulting Group (KICG) to help western companies to introduce the concepts, systems,...

How to Make a Smart Decision About What Improvement Platform is Best

I have a surprise for you guys.

Back in 2014, our company made the decision to move from a pile of marketing tools - what I like to call a...

Critical Continuous Improvement Goals for 2018

Every year, KaiNexus team comes together from around the country to meet in Austin, Texas and discuss the year we've concluded and plan the...

The 2017 The Lean Management System Blog Roundup

As 2017 comes quickly to a close, we took a minute to look back over some of the blogs we’ve posted on one of our favorite topics, the Lean...

The Use of Control Charts for Non-Manufacturing Activities

Many of the continuous improvement tools and techniques that we write about in this blog originated in the manufacturing industry. This...