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One of the driving motivations behind lean manufacturing is the elimination of waste. By eliminating waste, getting to the root of problems, lean manufacturing helps manufacturers reduce costs and increase productivity. These core concepts have led businesses from all industries to adopt lean …
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In a recent interview with Planet Lean, Jim Lancaster, Lantech CEO and owner, sat down with Roberto Priolo to discuss his new book The Work of Management. …
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Lantech CEO Jim Lancaster, author of the new Lean Enterprise Institute book “The Work of Management“, explains on the latest Lean Blog podcast why and how he revitalized improvement tactics and strategy. …
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Lantech CEO Jim Lancaster’s book, The Work of Management: A Daily Path to Sustainable Improvement, is earning national attention for its detailed and honest account of Lantech’s shift to a lean management model. In June, Industry Week featured an article about the book, which chronicles how …
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Anyone who has read Ernest Hemingway knows that Papa was spare with his language. There were no wasted words, no fluff words, nothing that took up space — his writing style is often described as “lean,” which seems appropriate for today’s blog post. Everything served a …
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We like using the PDCA Loop for things off the manufacturing floor. Whether it’s organizing an event, packing for vacation, or even personal growth, there are a lot of places the PDCA Loop works. The PDCA Loop — which stands for Plan, Do, Check, Adjust (or Act, depending on who you …
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One of the things we try to do with our blog is to show how the PDCA Loop can be applied to our everyday lives. We recently saw an article on Huckberry.com, Active Mind: Like a Fighter Pilot, Applying Colonel John Boyd’s Military Strategy, the OODA Loop, to the Modern Man. (Since …
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