Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

It involves replacing traditional mass manufacturing with “lean manufacturing” principles. Over the last thirty years, the lean approach — developed by Japanese automakers — has permeated the manufacturing sector in developed countries, but is much less commonly used in the developing world.

Lean Manufacturing 10

Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Compliance 10

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In order for manufacturing companies to be successful, they need to take good care of their customers. Salesforce is a customer relationship management solution that brings customers and companies together. Manufacturing cloud – this can help you to create transparency through each process.

Tools 95

Tools Process Lean Manufacturing Industry 95

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2023

You can reduce waste by implementing lean manufacturing principles, investing in automation, considering just-in-time inventory, conducting waste audits, and promoting sustainable improvements. This will lead to faster turnaround times and higher performance.

Operations 101

Operations Cost Lean Manufacturing Outsourcing 101

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 19, 2012

Every employee is entitled to have a competent manager with the capability to bring value to their problem solving and decision making. The image on the right reflects the ‘ Cascade-of-Planning ’ model or in Lean Manufacturing the Hoshin Kanri used in the Toyota Production System. Contact Mike make your team and leaders better.

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Lean Manufacturing Delegation Process System 131

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 28, 2016

It also grew when manufacturers worldwide began to adopt the Lean Manufacturing practices of Japanese companies, replacing the overspecialized, assembly-line mentality with teams that developed broader knowledge and skills and had greater autonomy. Decentralization gained momentum when Peter Drucker persuaded Alfred P.

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Decentralization Lean Manufacturing Directory Learning-by-Doing 240

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 9, 2019

That these global supply chains manage to underpin lean manufacturing systems where seconds count is one of the more amazing feats of modern life. The process of leaving the European Union has perhaps shed fresh light on the inherent complexities of supply chains that increasingly span the globe.

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Supply Chain Lean Manufacturing Energy Tools 67

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 16, 2013

Deming taught Japan’s top management how to improve design (and thus service), product quality, testing, and sales. manufacturing and Japanese imports. Some of the more prominent approaches include Total Quality Management, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program, Six Sigma, ISO-9000, and Lean Manufacturing.

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Quality Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing Deming 91

Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 10, 2013

Smart goals and data-driven assessment help employees and managers map career advancement – Guest post by Danielle M. Measurable: How can an employee and manager measure performance on a specific goal? A manager cannot increase productivity by taking away breaks, for example. Did the individual meet production goals? Danielle M.

Goal 150

Goal Metrics Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain 150

Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Deming taught Japan’s top management how to improve design (and thus service), product quality, testing, and sales. manufacturing and Japanese imports. Some of the more prominent approaches include Total Quality Management, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program, Six Sigma, ISO-9000, and Lean Manufacturing.

Quality 78

Quality Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing Deming 78

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Prahalad , the brilliant management guru. LG has focused on Brazil’s BoP based on Prahalad’s 4As framework while managing to navigate Brazil’s complex corporate and political network – an intricate “Keiretsu”. Many companies have derived BoP strategies from C.K. Brazil’s economic classes are divided into A.B,

Competitive Advantage 154

Competitive Advantage Prahalad Blue Ocean Strategy Glocalization 154

Change Starts Here

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Today’s guest is Amir Ghannad, Director, Atlanta Plant and North America Lean Manufacturing/Workplace Excellence at Sunny Delight Beverages Co., who shares the story of how he and his team transformed the performance of the company’s Atlanta Plant. Tune in to hear how they did it!

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Lean Manufacturing Benchmarking Morale Industry 78

Deming Institute

MAY 7, 2018

Guest post by John Hunter , author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. This webcast shows Sarah Pavelka ’s presentation, Deming and Lean: The Disparities and Similarities, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. Sarah co-authored Tool Time for Lean with David Langford.

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Deming Management Tactics System 47

Curious Cat

JUNE 1, 2016

I created a ranking of top management improvement blogs for fun. There are quite a few interesting management improvement blogs, though honestly there are many fewer good posts than there were 5 years ago. But even so there are still quite a few valuable blogs for managers to read.

Blog 40

Blog Management Metrics Travel 40

Chartered Management Institute

MARCH 6, 2012

Despite this, many companies undertaking lean manufacturing do not measure the effectiveness of their efforts on improving the bottom line. As with any major change program, measuring the Return on Investment of your process improvement efforts is key for convincing internal stakeholders that what you are doing is worthwhile.

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ROI Process Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing 86

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

For example, employees in a white-goods manufacturing plant in Italy learned about lean manufacturing by playing with Legos rather than cooktops. In two weeks, the production team made lean manufacturing their own, reducing internal defects by 30% and improving productivity by 25%.

Motivation 15

Motivation Lean Manufacturing Management Learning-by-Doing 15

Deming Institute

JANUARY 16, 2017

General Motors wasn’t my ideal workplace after having read Deming’s Out of the Crisis and learning a bit about Lean manufacturing in college. A forward-thinking plant manager modified the Deming Philosophy to create something called “The Livonia Philosophy.”. But, I needed a job, so I cast a wide net.

Kaizen 28

Kaizen Deming Lean Manufacturing Handbook 28

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

A lesson from lean manufacturing. One of the critical steps in lean manufacturing (or bringing lean to any other process, for that matter) is shifting to a "pull" system. Everyone was inundated with email , and both the appraisers and management had difficulty tracking their work. The result?

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Lean Manufacturing How To System Software 14

Deming Institute

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Ru ssell Ackoff had a profound capacity for using stories to educate his audiences about the basic concepts of managing systems, both in his lectures and in his books. He commented on the self-described qualities and skills of the senior managers he had guided. Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute.

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Deming Ohno System Audience 31

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

We use vague terms like "line" and "dotted-line" or "team" and expect managers to be able to function effectively. One unit is charged with persuading operating units to give special attention to some issue they might not be managing well. The fifth and most common relationship is the managed team.

Lean Manufacturing 14

Lean Manufacturing Policies Operations Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2012

The ways individual companies achieve these straightforward goals fall in two basic categories: developing and adopting new management practices (such as total quality management, lean manufacturing, reengineering, and employee engagement), or adopting new technology and integrating it into the way work is done.

Products 15

Products Productivity Lean Manufacturing Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2014

If so, you probably manage your organization and your direct reports through weekly meetings and email. Leader standard work is a term often used in lean manufacturing. Moreover, employees and managers lose the vital, trust-building connection with leadership that helps sustain culture and habits through tough times.

Lean Manufacturing 12

Lean Manufacturing Long-term Project Performance Review 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2011

Thoughtful, useful, and personal, her answer cut to the heart of the issue while presenting an effective approach for managing it. I've seen organizations committed to making forwardability a core competence save literally scores of hours of top-management time. The problem?

Efficiency 15

Efficiency Lean Manufacturing Core Competence Agility 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

CEOs are increasingly adding the CDO role to their management teams to tackle the big business issues that come with data. The chief data and analytics officer (CDAO) of a consumer product company is struggling to manage end-user consent data. Enter the chief data officer, or CDO. Here’s an example.

Company 9

Company Lean Manufacturing Compliance Quality 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

Each branch manager's bonus is strongly tied to the branch's ESQi; if your branch's score is below target, you can't be promoted. If the manager whose branch is handing out bottled water has better scores, you can be sure other branches will quickly follow suit. We don't suffer from initiative overload," said one former IKEA manager.

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Company Customer Loyalty Guidelines Lean Manufacturing 17

Deming Institute

MARCH 2, 2017

Brian Joiner also expressed this idea well : Real benefits come when managers begin to understand the profound difference between “cost cutting” and “eliminating the causes of costs.”. That is the wrong sequence, the right sequence is quality and then time and then cost and then new products.

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Deming System Quality Cost 28

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2011

Danaher, the $10 billion conglomerate of 600 manufacturing companies, got serious about process improvement after the surprising turnaround of a subsidiary in the mid-1990s. Its Jacobs Vehicle Systems unit used lean manufacturing techniques to eliminate waste, reduce floor space, and improve product flow.

Six Sigma 15

Six Sigma Process Tips Lean Manufacturing 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2012

The company was also trying to integrate the principles of lean manufacturing into its working styles, and Agostini found that changing the gender balance was a key lever in changing behaviors more generally. A modern, competitive company has to be able to manage the simple, predictable reality of parenting.".

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Lean Manufacturing Competitive Advantage Bottom-up Leadership Styles 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2016

Back in the 1980s and 1990s, lean manufacturing was the Big New Idea and it seemed like everyone was learning new tools with Japanese names. Operations in a Connected World. Sponsored by Accenture. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. It’s a familiar story.

Operations 8

Operations Lean Manufacturing Technology Software 8

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 16, 2012

Years ago, Jon Katzenbach told me that the greatest challenge that change agents face is changing their ideas about change. The Japanese term for continuous improvement is kaizen (??)

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Kaizen Industry Training Lean Manufacturing 75

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Managers constantly try to fit new market needs to existing processes and routines. Even General Motors, which had a bird’s eye view of the Toyota Production System from its joint venture with Toyota at New United Motors Manufacturing Inc. More importantly, managers need to monitor the tool innovation roadmap.

Technology 8

Technology Depreciation Christensen Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Principles from lean manufacturing can increase the effectiveness of individual work routines as well as coordination of work across departmental boundaries. These changes must be supported by senior managers. To wash their hands, care providers first had to push aside computers. Violations of work-design principles.

System 8

System Health Care Operations Construction 8