A Better Way to Implement Purposeful Systems
Many companies run out of time, money, and motivation before results are achieved and outcomes are improved. This is often the case when...
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- Dec 30, 2019
- 1 min
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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- Oct 24, 2019
- 4 min
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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- Jun 6, 2019
- 2 min
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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- May 30, 2019
- 3 min
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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- Mar 23, 2019
- 1 min
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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- Mar 5, 2019
- 4 min
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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- Feb 26, 2019
- 1 min
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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- Feb 21, 2019
- 1 min
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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- Nov 8, 2018
- 3 min
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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- Aug 6, 2018
- 2 min
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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- Jun 6, 2018
- 3 min
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...