The $10,000 Paper Clip

Author: Kurt Middelkoop
Recently I was facilitating an E3 (Economy, Energy, Environmental) workshop with a local company. We spent time learning about lean and how to identify value and non-value add activities. After covering these basics I lead the group out of the classroom to conduct a Gemba walk so they could put the lessons learned to practice. As all LSS practitioners know, direct observation of work activities is fundamental to lean.
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Lean & Six Sigma World Conference 2019

Gaining knowledge is the first step to wisdom. Sharing it is the first step to humanity. ~Author Unknown One of the highlights of the year for TMAC’s Lean Six Sigma team is the Lean & Six Sigma World Conference.  It is my pleasure to share my experiences and key learnings from this year’s conference which … Read more

Getting Lean Right: 10 Factors for Success

Based on a Lean article written by Jamie Flinchbaugh Several years ago I came across an excellent article about deploying a Lean Program. Written by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of The Hitchhikers Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road (2005), this article first came out in January 2004. Although it has been 15 years since he … Read more