What Sort of People Culture Do You Need for Lean?
Team attitude, knowledge, skills, and resources will make or break the successful implementation of lean. The best managers prepare the company culture for a bumpy but rewarding ride.
Team attitude, knowledge, skills, and resources will make or break the successful implementation of lean. The best managers prepare the company culture for a bumpy but rewarding ride.
Discover 100 best practices for improving manufacturing performance, including tips on leadership, supply chain, and process optimization.
Lisa Anderson shares 100 best practices for manufacturing and supply chain improvement, offering strategies to boost performance and profitability
Take a fresh look at your processes. You'll be surprised by what a review could uncover.
Explore the advantages of outsourcing, insourcing, and nearsourcing to meet strategic goals, control costs, and enhance customer satisfaction.
Collecting lots of data isn’t enough to improve service levels. A successful manager tracks relevant metric trends and puts the information into action.
The fun of production scheduling is also the most important aspect, managing competing priorities and variables to find the best overall solution. Production scheduling has been a part of my expertise since my post-college days at Coca-Cola Enterprises. It has been a part of every job I've held (whether directly or indirectly) and a part of almost every project I've consulted on since. Thus, I have a passion for this topic.
Lean benefits are not found in a three-day workshop, but rather arise and are sustained through culture change.
Manufacturers are investing in technology and systems that help their efficiency or improve profitability.
Do not give up! If you are the leader with access to excellent project managers, you will have a leg up on the competition and deliver exceptional bottom line results.