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...
Mining for Ideas: Continuous Improvement at Kinross
July 6, 2016Generally, when you think of companies using continuous improvement, you mostly jump to manufacturing companies and healthcare...
How Software Helps Conquer the 7 Wastes of Lean
December 4, 2017The Lean approach to business management is founded on the principle that anything that doesn’t add value to the customer should be...
What’s The Perfect Continuous Improvement Methodology?
July 21, 2016We talk to lots of people who are devoted to one of the popular continuous improvement methodologies in use by businesses today. Many of...
Essential Capabilities of a Lean Management System
June 29, 2016If you have decided to implement a software solution to support your Lean approach to business, it is a smart move. Investing in the right...
Hoshin Kanri Explainer: What’s It All About?
July 21, 2016I was having lunch with a group of friends the other day when one said that she had to get back to the office for her quarterly Hoshin...
The Transformational Power of Kaizen Events
June 27, 2016Kaizen events are designed to tackle problems that can be addressed in short order (3-5 days), but they can also have a more profound...
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...
What is Kanban and How Does It Support Improvement?
June 23, 2016There are dozens of methodologies, tools, and techniques that organizations use to support their continuous improvement efforts. We find...