A Better Way to Implement Purposeful Systems
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The Uncertainty of Cause and Effect
The causality model chosen to describe a system often leads to specific methods and tools to address uncertainty and risk. This may...
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Project Success in the Presence of Change
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...
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How to Transform Culture
Culture is difficult to define and hard to measure, but without the right one a company cannot succeed. A common definition for culture...
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LEAN - Lost in Translation
There are times when leadership sets their gaze on operations in order to better delight their customers, increase margins, or improve...
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RISK is the WASTE of INEFFECTIVE COMPLIANCE
In manufacturing, to improve responsiveness to customer demand, LEAN uses pull to expose waste which is then eliminated or reduced to...
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A Systems Roadmap for API RP 1173
API RP 1173 provides a framework for companies to evaluate their safety systems and processes to more effectively buy down risk and...
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Return to the Gemba
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...
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Lean Compliance A3 Format
The A3 Format and DMAIC are structured processes used for LEAN / Six Sigma improvements and problem solving. While these have proven to...
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Automating Looms and Toasters
This post is written by our guest blogger Barbara Kephart. Textiles from the Jacquard Loom Museum of Modern Art, New York City Photo by...
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Is Compliance a Waste?
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...
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Interview with the Founder
The following questions were asked in an interview with Raimund Laqua, Founder and Chief Compliance Engineer at Lean Compliance. 1. What...
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Don't Settle for Fractional Improvements
Taiichi Ohno, the father of LEAN, taught about the removal of waste, standard work, and continuous flow. However, that is only part of...
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Compliance Compass To Make Certain You Are Always in Compliance
The Hoshin Kanri method is a popular LEAN approach used to align strategy with outcomes. It uses what is called an X-Matrix that...
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Compliance Process Modeling
Process modeling is necessary to design, implement, and improve compliance. Many of the techniques and approaches used today are based on...
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Keep Your Workers and Improve
One of the key misconceptions about LEAN is that its goal is to reduce the workforce. No wonder people might resist adopting it. However,...
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Managing Risk During Lean Improvements
LEAN approaches have been used across many industries for decades with great success. However, there are some industries were using LEAN...
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Where to Make Compliance Improvements
Compliance programs, systems, and processes are often used interchangeably when referring to improvements. However, there are important...
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LEAN Paradox - Specialists versus Generalists
In a world that values specialists, individual workmanship and personal accountability the LEAN culture can seem foreign, threatening and...
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Using LEAN 5M+E to Discover Probable Causes
A simple yet powerful way to discover causes to process problems is using the LEAN 5M+E (or 6M Six Sigma) analysis technique. This...
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Engineering Lean Enablers - 7 Sources of Waste
Process and pipeline safety programs that manage change will include steps where engineering is required. To various degrees, these...
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Which Improvement Framework Should You Use?
In recent years, standards and regulations have specified the need for companies to adopt improvement models or frameworks for their risk...
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