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

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

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 something else we ca...

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

There are times when leadership sets their gaze on operations in order to better delight their customers, increase margins, or improve operational excellence...

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

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

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 of the crime) to wal...

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

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

At a fundamental level, LEAN Thinking is about satisfying customer requirements with the least amount of waste as possible. The value stream is where value i...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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