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Digital vs Physical Kanban Boards
Digital vs Physical Kanban Boards The physical vs. digital debate has been around since the internet was first conceived. If using Kanban cards to improve business efficiency, you can choose to use...
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Different Types of Kanban Boards and Card Holders
Different Types of Kanban Boards and Card Holders Since it was introduced in the 1950’s by Toyota Production System founder Taiichi Ohno, Kanban has been adopted by thousands of companies in pursuit of...
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How to Maintain Kanban Systems
How to Maintain Kanban Systems Kanban means ‘visual card’, or simply, ‘sign’ in Japanese. In manufacturing, there are two types of Kanban: the ‘move’ Kanban, which tells the receiving department when...
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Lean Healthcare: Making a Case for Change
Lean management principles have been used effectively in manufacturing companies for decades, particularly in Japan. Lean thinking begins with driving out waste so that all work adds value and serves...
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Lean Management: An Interview on Implementation at CCBRT
Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCBRT) was established in 1994 as a Community Based Rehabilitation program, working with people with searching cataracts in Dar Salaam. Since...
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Where Did Agile Come From?
Where Did Agile Come From? If you’re running a lean startup. or managing your business according to the Lean Six Sigma methodology, then you’ll probably have heard of the term ‘agile.’ An agile...
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What Is Muri?
What Is Muri? When looking at the problems in a production process, it’s often important to realize the root cause behind each actual obstruction. If mura (unevenness) is noticeable in the process, it...
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What Is Mura?
What Is Mura? Mura refers to an unevenness in the distribution of workload in an organization. A production process is a chain of linked events that rely on one another, and it’s important to ensure...
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The 12 Agile Software Development Principles
What Is Agile Software Development? Developing software is a discipline that’s still at a relatively young age, and for the most part, we’re still learning how to tackle some of the more difficult...
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Lean Thinking: Can We Change the World For Social Good?
Poverty in Africa is about the lack of basic human needs faced by certain people in African society. African nations typically fall toward the bottom of any list measuring small size economic...
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Quality Improvement: Honoring Dr. William Edwards Deming
‘People with targets and jobs dependent upon meeting them will probably meet the targets – even if they have to destroy the enterprise to do it.’ W. Edwards Deming There are few people who have had...
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What Is a Cardboard City?
What Is a Cardboard City? When designing large spaces, different issues can come up that can be caught early on in the design process, if it’s handled correctly. Various approaches have been developed...
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What Is a Countermeasure?
What Is a Countermeasure? Often, problems will arise in a production process that cannot be immediately resolved in a proper way. “Proper” in this context refers to identifying the root cause of the...
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A Little Humor for Easter
One time there was a grumpy Easter bunny. He might have been grumpy but he was a mighty good actor. One day his friend, Bud was going on the set to do a part in a movie. The grumpy Easter Bunny...
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Podcast: The Impact of Lean Six Sigma on the Environment
Lean and Six Sigma together can make businesses and organizations more efficient and productive. In most cases, those focusing on Lean and Six Sigma are looking at the bottom line and trying to find...
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What Is Lean Startup?
What Is Lean Startup? Starting a new business is a daunting task, no matter how much experience one may have in the field. There are different approaches to the problem, but it ultimately comes down to...
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Food Banks: Applying Lean Six Sigma to the Shelves
Companies competing in a complex global marketplace face enormous pressure to maintain operational excellence. Applying Lean Six Sigma, the quality management technique used to reduce waste, eliminate...
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Value: How Do You Measure Innovation?
How do you measure the value of innovation? That is a tough question! Asking the definition of ‘value’ becomes a loaded question. It doesn’t matter where scientific discoveries and breakthrough...
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An Overview of TWI
An Overview of TWI Training Within Industry is a program originally developed to service the needs of the United States government in a climate of rapid change and constantly increasing demands during...
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How Training Within Industry Helped Stabilize the Economy in a Time of Hardship
How Training Within Industry Helped Stabilize the Economy in a Time of Hardship Wartime is always hard on all countries involved, no matter if they have the upper hand on the frontlines or not. We’ve...
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