Welcoming Problems?!
"A Lean thinker is interested in and in a way even welcomes (if not joyfully) the appearance of interruptions, anomalies, and problems in his or her process as opportunities to…
Solving Problems at the Source
"…Toyota learned long ago that solving problems at the source saves time and money downstream. By continually surfacing problems and fixing them as they occur, you eliminate waste, productivity soars,…
The Main Activity
"Toyota considers problem solving as the main activity for all levels of the organization." Toyota Culture by Jeffrey Liker & Michael Hoseus (McGraw Hill, 2008) Kindle Edition location 3507.
A Defect in My Own Process! Part 3: Countermeasure
(See posts from 6/19 and 6/20 describing the blog-post defect I caused and my first 2 steps of problem-solving) In this final part to my mini-problem-solving example, I'll describe what…
A Defect in My Own Process! Part 2
(See yesterday's post for Part 1 describing the defect I caused and my first steps of problem-solving) An important early step in problem-solving is "Go to Gemba." Gemba is the…
A Defect in My Own Process! Part 1
My topic this week is "Jidoka", which refers to the practice of designing a process to make defects visible. Ideally, the process stops when a defect occurs so that a…
Don’t Let a Defect Escape!
"The in-station quality pillar [of the Lean system] is attributed to Sakichi Toyoda, who invented the first fully automated loom for making cloth. One of his many inventions along the…
Stop and Fix Problems: “Jidoka”
When I first learned about the Lean Business Culture, I was impressed by a concept called "In-Station Quality." Here's how it's defined by Jeff Liker: In-station quality (preventing problems from…
Improvement and Job Satisfaction
"Improvement is not just seen as a win for the company but also as a way for employees to find satisfaction in their jobs and for management to sustain motivation…
The Most Motivating Way
"It turns out that the most motivating way in which people can be involved with their workplace is the improvement of their own work processes." Leading the Lean Enterprise Transformation…
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