Types of Fishbone Diagrams Fishbone Diagrams are a great Lean problem solving tool.  Identifying a problem is just the beginning. Soon after, ...

While Lean Manufacturing primarily focuses on efficiency, by reducing waste, improving output, and delivering higher quality to customers, at its core is ...

We’ve all been there. It’s time to brainstorm a list of potential failure modes and it’s like pulling teeth to get any ...

What is Jidoka? Jidoka is one of the main pillars of Quality Built In. It’s also one of the most thorough ways ...

A bottleneck is any point where the output of one area is building up in another area nearby. It constrains the ability ...

You’ve spent hours upon hours before, during, and after “regular business hours” preparing your project pitch. You’ve reviewed your slides more times ...

That’s right. The waste you see every single day, the most mundane (a.k.a. commonplace) can become the momentum that will revive, kick-start, ...

Technically speaking, you don’t have to have cross-functional teams to be Lean or to conduct Lean projects. However, cross-functional teams are more ...

Make time for Lean everyday if you want to create a true continuous improvement culture. We’ve heard it a million times – ...

Lean concepts employed in the innovation process add a powerful punch. A new product designed to be Lean to make and use ...