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How to Implement Kanban Cards
Example of simple kanban card at offices of Lean Enterprise Institute How to Implement Kanban Cards Kanban is a popular and powerful workflow visualization tool, and one of its main selling points is...
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What Are Different Types of Kanban
Explanation of kanban from Toyota website What Are Different Types of Kanban As Kanban is not a fixed methodology that has an ownership like Six Sigma, it can actually mean a few different things, and...
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What Are the Principles of Kanban and Why Do They Work?
What Are the Principles of Kanban and Why Do They Work? Kanban is both one of the simplest and most efficient tools to manage workflow in a visual way. It’s one of the important tools used in more...
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The Utility of Using Kanban Swim Lanes
The Utility of Using Kanban Swim Lanes Kanban is a great tool to visualize your business’ workflow, but the typical column-only configuration might sometimes lack the desired depth, depending on your...
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John Kotter’s 8-Step Process for Leading Change
John Kotter’s 8-Step Process for Leading Change Implementing change at any organization is always challenging, and requires strong and effective leadership. There are many approaches to handling it,...
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The Key Factors of Successful Change Management
The Key Factors of Successful Change Management The business world is constantly changing, and the rate of change is becoming faster and faster with every passing year. If a company wants to have...
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The Effectiveness of the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Cycle
The Effectiveness of the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Cycle The Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle is a popular business management method to achieve continuous improvement in an organization. It is widely...
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Determining the Need for Change in an Organization
Determining the Need for Change in an Organization The world we live in is in a state of perpetual change and progress. As the lives of people gradually change, so do their expectations and demands as...
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[VIDEO] 5S and Lean Manufacturing
5S methodology has expanded from manufacturing. It is now being applied to a wide variety of industries including healthcare, education, and government. The 5S methodology helps to declutter, clean,...
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5S System: Eliminating the Elusive Muda, Mura and Muri
Waste is any step or action in a process that is not required to complete a process successfully. When waste is removed, only the steps that are required to deliver a satisfactory product or service...
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Maintaining Employee Engagement While Implementing Change
Maintaining Employee Engagement While Implementing Change Implementing and managing change in a company is always a significant challenge, and one of the crucial factors for it to be successful and...
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What is a Kanban Retrospective
What is a Kanban Retrospective Since the time the concept of Kanban started on Toyota’s factory floor, it has been evolving. Kanban has proven to be a set of ideas, if not a complete methodology that...
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What is the Role of the Water Spider in Lean Manufacturing?
What is the Role of the Water Spider in Lean Manufacturing? There are different ways to handle parts and materials when organizing your factory floor, and one interesting options that is part of the...
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Simple Kanban Systems to Setup at Home
Simple Kanban Systems to Setup at Home Kanban and Kanban boards have proven themselves to be both efficient and effective in the business sphere, but you don’t have to be a business to take advantage...
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Pull vs Push Systems and Dealing with Capacity
Pull vs Push Systems and Dealing with Capacity When building or transforming a business, it’s essential to look into as many change options as possible, so you can choose the one that would suit the...
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When Not to Use Kanban Swim Lanes
When Not to Use Kanban Swim Lanes Choosing the best tool for a particular task is not always easy, and we are often biased towards the wrong solution. This is especially true when we consider our...
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Statistics: How Do You Spot the Bad Ones?
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Mark Twain This quote from Mark Twain is accurate; they are often used to lie to the public because most people do not understand...
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VIDEO: A Historical Ford Study Focusing on Continuous Quality Improvement
After World War II, quality and efficiency improvement approaches (what we refer to as Lean and Six Sigma today) made their way to Japan to help rebuild their economy. This was accomplished through...
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How Do I Know When I’m Ready to Implement Kanban?
How Do I Know When I’m Ready to Implement Kanban? Before implementing a new tool or a new methodology, you need to make sure you are ready to do it well. If you are not ready for it, you risk doing...
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What Makes Kanban Effective?
What Makes Kanban Effective? Kanban, which was originally modeled after a Toyota Production System, means “billboard” or “signboard” in Japanese. Scheduling systems like Kanban help to eliminate wasted...
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