Lean Management has been an area of increasing interest for Flevy customers. As of now, we have over 300 documents related to various Lean concepts and Vishnu Rayapeddi contributed close to 100 of these documents–with a focus on training series. Vishnu is a pioneer of Lean Management, combining the power of Lean Thinking, Six Sigma, Balanced Scorecard, and other best-class […]
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Find the Constraint… Find the Money
The question I am asked most often by business owners and students is “how can Lean Six Sigma improve business?” My answer is very simple and always the same–find the constraints… find the money. What is keeping product from reaching the customer faster? These are the constraints–find them–remove them–and watch profits soar. It sounds easy, […]
Why Lean Initiatives Fail in a Company
Note from the Editor: This is the first of a series of articles written by Charles Intrieri related to Lean Initiatives. In the next article, Charles will review Kaizen, Kanban, and Lean Six Sigma, along with the benefits of implementing a Lean culture. You can read his other articles here. * * * * Lean initiatives are thought of as the use […]
Lean Inventory Management: Using Lean Initiatives to Manage Inventory
More firms are implementing lean inventory management techniques to reduce costs, improve flexibility and have more time to focus on their customers. Lean supply chain and inventory management enable Small Medium Businesses (SMB) to improve efficiency and increase profits. As firms look to reduce waste, increase turns and be more flexible with their inventory, management […]
Achieve Operational Excellence – Gemba, Lean, Kaizen
Operational Excellence is an element of organizational leadership that stresses the application of a variety of principles, systems, and tools toward the sustainable improvement of key performance metrics. Much of this management philosophy is based on earlier continuous improvement methodologies, such as Gemba Walk, Lean Manufacturing, and Kaizen. The focus of Operational Excellence goes beyond […]
Starting a Business? Build a Solid Foundation for Your Supply Chain
So you have started to set up your own business. You know what you want to supply. You know who you want to supply it to. Great. Now, how the heck do you do it without burning wads of (hard to come across) cash? Supply chain and efficient business go hand in hand and have […]
5S – Five Keys to Workplace Productivity
The 5S workplace organization system applies a set of basic management principles that many companies widely adopt to maximize workplace productivity and organization. As a cornerstone of Lean management, 5S improves workplace morale, safety and efficiency. In this training presentation, you will learn how to mobilize and align your management team to launch or improve […]
