Where: Tobyhanna Army Depot, 11 Hap Arnold Blvd Tobyhanna, PA 18466 When: Plan to meet at the entrance gate of the depot between 8 and 8:15, Thursday August 8, 2013 What: We will tour areas of the facility focusing on their best practices Who: Maximum of 3 per member company. If you are not a U.S…. Read more »
Posts By: Dwight Bowen
Lean Tinkers by Bob Emiliani
Lean Tinkers Oh kaizen, dear kaizen, what has happened to you? This beautiful, human-centered process for learning, creativity, teamwork, and making improvements, both large and small, has been reduced to a yet another tool used incorrectly by managers. Lean thinkers? Hardly. Lean tinkers? More than you can imagine. How do I know this? Let me… Read more »
How did Australia Post reduce unit costs by 30%?
Contributor: Michael Fromberg Posted: 04/29/2013 12:00:00 AM EDT | 0 Tags: Michael Fromberg | Australia Post | Shared Services | interviews | Customer Experience | Innovation | Methodologies, Statistical Analysis, and Tools Interview by Alex Holderness for PEX Network How have you reduced unit costs by 30% – that’s the question I put to Michael Fromberg, Head of… Read more »
Network meeting June 13, 2013 at Reading Area Community College
A full day of training focusing on the people side of lean. The objective is to provide attendees with an understanding of what it takes to gain and maintain allies to their Continuous Improvement (Lean) efforts. In addition, we will have a Skype videocast with Mark Graban, the host of the Lean Blog, and author… Read more »
Competing – Empowerment and Accountability
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Empowerment and Accountability: Opposites or equals? Certainly when not handled appropriately, these important “people-related” concepts can make the “soft side” of continuous improvement into the “hard-side”. In this podcast we will explore both Empowerment and Accountability from the Lean perspective. Empowerment Why empower? Because management cannot see everything; they need help and lots of… Read more »
Summary of Lean Thinking Networks meeting at Videon Central, April 4, 2013
The networks first visit to our newest network member did not disappoint. We were first struck by the beautiful facility which included a workout room and a beautiful lunch/breakfast area with a view. Both of our hosts and most attendees felt the meeting was rushed with our schedule of completion by noon. I offered… Read more »
Visual Controls at Green Leaf Enterprises
Interesting article on Green Leaf Enterprises effective use of Visual Controls to give simple direction and define “normal” Green Leaf article
Creating a Favorable Environment for Continuous Improvement – part 2 – Trust
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Competing Part 2 Trust A favorable environment for continuous improvement is a trusting environment an environment where people feel they can take a chance and occasionally make mistakes. an environment where when a mistake is made the results are not public embarrassment or humiliation. With the equal partners of empowerment and accountability in the background,… Read more »
Competing – Respect
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Creating a Favorable Environment for Continuous Improvement Part 1. Respect: it’s costs and it’s value “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou We need an environment where everyone is allowed and invited to be… Read more »
Network meeting Thursday April 4, 2013 @ Videon-Central in State College PA
Our newest member will be hosting the network in April When: Thursday April 4, 2013 from 9am until noon Where: Videon Central, Inc. 2171 Sandy Drive State College, PA 16803 Phone: (814) 235-1111 Who: Max of three attendees per member company What: What has worked so far – brief success stories in Supply Chain, Quality… Read more »
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