May
21
2013
I wrote a few weeks ago about Alex Ferguson’s retirement and how he had focused on building an institution rather than just winning the game or the season. In most sports, managers & coaches do not set targets of a […]
May
07
2013
I’m currently setting up some visual management team boards for a client organisation but at the same time there is a team of managers also looking at an electronic system to do the same. Touch screens all over the shop […]
Apr
30
2013
I’ve had a few conversations over the last few weeks with people starting out on their journey & assuming that each change they make will be the last on that particular aspect of their business. One firm thought that the […]
Apr
23
2013
I don’t know who coined the phrase so apologies for not citing them. However, the adage is true and in a recent blog post by Dan Markovitz he argued we shouldn’t spend so much time on change management & introducing change but focus on […]
Apr
17
2013
I’ve read numerous articles and books that provide a road-map to Lean success. Many of them prescribe a particular approach to beginning your journey down the path to being Lean. First off, to me and many of my industry colleagues, lean is […]
April 17, 2013 - (0) comments - Lean
Apr
02
2013
How much bureaucracy do we put into our Lean programmes? Does it add value? Why do we do it?
Mar
12
2013
Over the last few years I’ve lost count of the times I have heard the term “balanced scorecard” used to describe a set of metrics when in reality what they have is a mix of measures that they think are […]
March 12, 2013 - (0) comments - Lean
May
09
2011
Surely there comes a point where the cost of achieving greater efficiency/reduced waste/loss is greater than the cost associated with the waste/loss? As a Lean/TPM consultant I would never say so, but does there come a point when it is […]
Mar
29
2011
OK, it’s probably not technically a word but I’ve been dying to write this for a few days now. I’ve had to put it off for several reasons, one being the title itself, I can’t be seen to be too […]
Feb
24
2011
I think I’ll stick with my song title Blog titles – it may be driving more traffic to my site (puns intended). A growing debate has been happening in my head over the last few days. When we want something […]