One-piece flow means products flow form workstation to workstation without waiting and is therefore the most desirabl

A Pull process is a process in which a workstation starts to work on his next order only when there is a fre

Lean is a culture, a way of thinking, and includes principles and tool that can be applied everywhere: at home, in pr

The lean strategy focusses on creating flow of products and services in 

This video explains in 7,5 Minutes how a Performance Management system should work.
 

Value stream mapping is a lean tool that can be used to map processes in detail, based on the both t

Heijunka is a Japanese Tool, which is used to balance production.

A motivating example of Lean principles, applied in the Non-Profit sector:

This video explains how the ´5x why´ is used to prevent further decay of the Jefferson Memorial.

A short introduction video which explains four Lean Principles: Pull, One-Piece-Flow, Takt and Zero-defects:

The SIPOC is a visual rendering of Deming´s System Model (Scholtes, 1998), a Model that is used to visualize the comp

Muri, or overburden, means that operators or machines are pushed through their natural limits, which leads to problem

The University of Improvement Skills is the fourth building in the Fortress of C

Lean Thinking is one of the first books written in America where the Term ´Lean´ is used.

In the Lean Philosophy, the ideal way of organizing a production line is described to be a One Piece Flow, in which p

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Lean has evertything to do with finding the right KPI´s...

In this series or articles I describe the tools and aspects of cultural change managment should use when facilitating

One of the most important principles in the Lean Philosophy is to try to create a Pull process.

The Gate of Purpose is positioned at the entrance of the Fortress of Change 

In ‘The Lean Manager’,  Ballé & Ballé distinguish two different management styles: Traditional management (manage

“Toyota Kata” by Mike Rother (2010) distinguishes itself from other books on the Toyota Production System in the way

Toyota has developed its production system around eliminating three enemies of Lean: Muda (waste), <

Muda is the Japanese word for waste and includes non value adding activities that prevent flow and lead to longer lea

The Toyota Production System is a system built around minimizing three factors influencing a process: 

5S is a very simple lean tool that, when implemented well, directly impacts productivity.

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Team boards are used for communication within shifts, between shifts and between different departments.

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is on itself an approach for continuous improvement, which roughly describes the i

The second building in the Fortress of Change is the P

To encourage employees to work together in improving business processes bottom-up, tools need to be introduced to fac

In his book ´The goal´, Eliyahu Goldratt describes a new method to optimize production environments: the Theory o

Learning to See, written by Mike Rother and John Shook, is the book to read for Val