Post Tagged with: "gemba"

 
  • What do we really look for at the gemba?

    What do we really look for at the gemba?

    Is Lean about process improvement? Or customer satisfaction improvement? Or is it about creating a learning system? Or cost reduction in the end? What do we really look for at the gemba.  Usual entry points into lean thinking are: Improve […]

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  • Lean thinking is about changing your story about work – it’s never content free

    Lean thinking is about changing your story about work – it’s never content free

    “Apply a dose of lean every day and your results will improve” or “if it doesn’t work, apply double dose (read: you’re not committed enough)!” Does it sound like snake oil? It should. Lean is not an organizing method. It’s […]

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  • Lean as an abnormality management system

    Lean as an abnormality management system

    Takehiko Harada, in his great Management Lessons from Taiichi Ohno, tells us that another way of looking at the Toyota Production System is as “abnormality management.” Abnormality management means that: Abnormalities are visible and intuitive and management encourages revealing them […]

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  • Gemba or Genchi Genbutsu?

    Gemba or Genchi Genbutsu?

    What’s the difference between Gemba or gentchi genbutsu? The real question is: What do we go to the Gemba to do?

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