Tag: visual management
Putting 5S to Work in the Business Office
If you read this blog regularly, you’re aware that the same lean tools that make manufacturing more efficient can work wonders in the business...
LABP’s Biggest Gift Is Time
How are you coming along with your end-of-year initiatives? Are you realizing noticeable gains, or are you getting bogged down with too much work...
When Finger-Pointing Is a Good Thing
This month’s blog post will be short and sweet. Why? My WIP is at max! (If this concept is new to you, revisit my...
A Better Way to Brainstorm Root Causes
Determining root causes seems to be a lost art. It’s a discipline, and if we aren’t willing to apply disciplined thinking when diagnosing a...
SIPOC with a Twist (Think Policies, not Processes)
In order to do your job, you need to see your job.
As some of you already know, SIPOC is a process improvement tool that...
(VIDEO) Is Work in Process Sinking Your Productivity?
https://vimeo.com/265912042
Knowledge work is invisible. It’s inside your head, or buried in emails and files. That’s the biggest problem you face when you’re trying to...