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Lean manufacturing often talks about true north. This is the direction in which your operations should move to become better. Sometimes that may be a bit fuzzy, so let’s have a look at what true north could include. I am fully aware that reaching true north in all aspects is unrealistic. If you actually reached ... Read more
The post What Is True North in Lean? first appeared on AllAboutLean.com.Thanks to Jeffrey Liker for providing additional details on the transformation of this tool. Initially, Toyota used it occasionally with suppliers. The Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) turned it into the Value Stream Maps (VSM) that it has promoted as foundational to Lean.
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From TSSC to Ford, Delphi, and the LEI In comments on yet […]
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I'm excited that Episode #24 of my new podcast “My Favorite Mistake” is now released! You can listen to it (or watch it or read a podcast) via my MarkGraban.com website: Episode #24: Ash Taylor on Having Clients That Are a Bad Fit Joining me for Episode #24 is Ash Taylor, an entrepreneur and business […]
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"The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have." — Sheryl Sandberg
I agree. To learn is to grow, it...
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As I blogged about back in August, the team at Value Capture released an eBook that was built around transcripts of speeches by the late Paul H. O'Neill, Sr. Today would have been Mr. O'Neill's 85th birthday, so Value Capture has chosen this as the date to release a second free eBook: Lasting Impact: Leaders […]
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I'm excited that Episode #23 of my new podcast “My Favorite Mistake” is now released! You can listen to it (or watch it or read a podcast) via my MarkGraban.com website: Episode #23: Coach Jimmy Nelson, “Let's Be Bad Together” Joining me for Episode #23 is Coach Jimmy Nelson, a speaker and performance coach. I think […]
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My guest for Episode #395 is Michael Parent. He is Managing Director of his firm Right Brain Consulting and he is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with the AAA Auto Club Group. Michael has a BS in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from William & Mary. Michael and […]
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