Nov
05
2013
Steven Spear wrote that you can’t design a perfect system, you can only discover great systems. I wholeheartedly agree & over dinner tonight we were discussing some examples. Some people will suggest the perfect formula for calculating inventory or buffer […]
Sep
17
2013
I’ve heard it said a few times that if you focus on costs, the costs seem to go up. I didn’t find any specific quote on it in a Google search, but I have seen it happen. Rather than looking […]
Jun
18
2013
“Who’s fault is this?” is something pretty much everyone has heard at some point in their lives. At work it can lead to a devastating culture of blame leading to fear of action. When we work in organisations that are […]
Apr
02
2013
How much bureaucracy do we put into our Lean programmes? Does it add value? Why do we do it?