by Shannon Barrett | Jan 15, 2023 | Change Management, Coaching, Continuous Improvement, Culture, Digital Transformation, Employee Engagement, Feedback, Growth, Leadership, Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Sustainable Process, Uncategorized, Ways of Working
Transforming through Lean A lean transformation can help companies to take their business practices and evolve them to a more refined state. These transformations empower teams to work together fluidly, eliminating potential issues and striving to provide consistent...
by Bill Gray | Jan 4, 2023 | Best Practices, Business Transformation, Change Management, Coaching, Continuous Improvement, Culture, Employee Engagement, Feedback, Growth, Leadership, Leading Change, Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Motivation, Organizational Leadership, Politics, Sustainable Process, Teamwork, Uncategorized, Visual Management, Visual Management Boards, Visual Workplace, Ways of Working
Adapting to Visual Workplaces Visual workplaces are a growing workflow style that focuses on helping teams to be more transparent with their work efforts. Able to be used by teams with different goals across different industries, this approach empowers teams to...
by Jim Robbins | Nov 29, 2022 | Coaching, Continuous Improvement, Culture, Employee Engagement, Feedback, Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Uncategorized
Coaching and Giving Feedback A key component of running a successful business is being able to coach and provide feedback for employees. As a leader or manager, providing proper guidance for employees ensures they can succeed in the workplace and continue to improve....
by Ramon Perdigao | Oct 31, 2022 | Budgeting, Continuous Improvement, Control Charts, Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Quality Control, Response Time, Sigma XL, Six Sigma, Statistics, Uncategorized
Using Control Charts Control charts were originally used in the deployment of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and later on adopted into the Six Sigma framework. Also known as Shewhart charts (after Walter A. Shewhart), these charts look into the process behavior as...
by Jennifer Hurst | Oct 14, 2022 | Continuous Improvement, Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Uncategorized, Value Stream Mapping, VSM
Mapping Value Streams Value stream mapping is a lean tool developed by Toyota to eliminate waste, thereby increasing value for the customer. Value stream mapping typically involves using flowchart documents with various symbols to analyze and design the various...
by adonispartndev | Apr 2, 2021 | Continuous Improvement, Control Charts, Growth, Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma, Uncategorized
TPM: What is It & Why do I Care? What is TPM?TPM, or Total Productive Maintenance, is a maintenance program that combines equipment maintenance with the manufacturing process. TPM was originally created by Seiichi Nakajima in Japan and was first implemented in...