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Many companies run out of time, money, and motivation before results are achieved and outcomes are improved. This is often the case when...

The causality model chosen to describe a system often leads to specific methods and tools to address uncertainty and risk.  This may...

Some say change is the only real constant in the universe – the one thing you can count on is that everything changes. However, there is...

Culture is difficult to define and hard to measure, but without the right one a company cannot succeed. A common definition for culture...

There are times when leadership sets their gaze on operations in order to better delight their customers, increase margins, or improve operational excellence. This gaze for many companies has translated into a journey of continuous improvement – the playground for LEAN. All across the world companies have embraced LEAN principles and practices in almost every business sector. In many cases, LEAN initiatives have produced remarkable results and for some created a new “way of o

In manufacturing, to improve responsiveness to customer demand, LEAN uses pull to expose waste which is then eliminated or reduced to...

API RP 1173 provides a framework for companies to evaluate their safety systems and processes to more effectively buy down risk and...

One of the principles we learn from LEAN is that: If you can't see it you can't improve it. We also talk about going to the GEMBA (scene...

The A3 Format and DMAIC are structured processes used for LEAN / Six Sigma improvements and problem solving. While these have proven to...

This post is written by our guest blogger Barbara Kephart. Textiles from the Jacquard Loom Museum of Modern Art, New York City Photo by...

The value stream is where value is created but also waste which erodes the value of the products and services we are delivering. At a...

The following questions were asked in an interview with Raimund Laqua, Founder and Chief Compliance Engineer at Lean Compliance. 1. What...

Taiichi Ohno, the father of LEAN, taught about the removal of waste, standard work, and continuous flow. However, that is only part of...

The Hoshin Kanri method is a popular LEAN approach used to align strategy with outcomes. It uses what is called an X-Matrix that...

Process modeling is necessary to design, implement, and improve compliance. Many of the techniques and approaches used today are based on...

One of the key misconceptions about LEAN is that its goal is to reduce the workforce. No wonder people might resist adopting it. However,...

LEAN approaches have been used across many industries for decades with great success. However, there are some industries were using LEAN...

Compliance programs, systems, and processes are often used interchangeably when referring to improvements. However, there are important...

In a world that values specialists, individual workmanship and personal accountability the LEAN culture can seem foreign, threatening and...

A simple yet powerful way to discover causes to process problems is using the LEAN 5M+E (or 6M Six Sigma) analysis technique. This...

Process and pipeline safety programs that manage change will include steps where engineering is required. To various degrees, these...

In recent years, standards and regulations have specified the need for companies to adopt improvement models or frameworks for their risk...