Lean Manufacturing PDFWhat is Lean Manufacturing PDFThe PDF guide below was written to give an introduction to Lean Manufacturing, just click on the title below to get your copy.The guide includes sections onRespect for PeopleThe 7 Wastes – 30 real examples of waste found in organisationsWhy Work in Progress is importantWe hope you enjoy it and […]
How do we go about Improving UKImproving UK Productivity – Made in UKProductivity ?It may have escaped your attention in the current discussions about Brexit, trade deals, immigration and what we can do to trade elsewhere but the UK is the least productive nation in the G7. It is reckoned that UK firms are 20% less productive than […]
In this video, Tom Peters, who with Robert J. Waterman wrote “In Search of Excellence”, challenges us about listening.In it he uses the example of a doctor; a professional who spent many years in studying and encounters patients who may define their similar problems in different ways.He challenges us to consider;What is the number 1 source […]
Voice of the Customers? #1Do you have one customer type or more than one? In this, another of the TED.com talks that have inspired us, we share the insights of Malcom Gladwell. In this video he explores the concept of the “Perfect Pepsis”, the story behind Ragu and how you can gain more customers and expand […]
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A Lawyer walks into a bar……A Lawyer walks into a bar…A couple of weeks back one of our team was in a bar and got chatting to a lawyer*. During the conversation, the lawyer picked up a pen and started making notes about what they were talking about.We decided we’d share with you one of the insights he […]
Continuous Improvement in Legal DepartmentsOkay, we all know the story, you’re waiting for something to happen about continuous improvement in Legal Departments. Then all of sudden like buses, the stories start to arrive at once.On Friday last it was the turn of LexisNexis to publish their discussion paper Measuring the in-house Legal Teamproduced by their In-House Advisory Board, […]
Listen to any Lean Practitioner and in a short time they’ll talk about Lean Manufacturing the 7 Wastes. But What Are They? What is the Waste that Lean specialists talk about and in particular what are the 7 types of waste. Listen closely and you’ll hear some talk of 8, even 12. Within Lean Manufacturing the […]
In our world of Lean Process Improvement all too often we talk about 7 Wastes and expect you to understand what we mean. Your days are filled with value adding, high quality work and DAILY FRUSTRATIONS. Frustrations that reduce your efficiency, hamper your productivity and those of your team and colleagues. Frustrations that cause you and […]
Value Stream Mapping and Alignment”The feedback was positive from every department. Everyone agreed with the improvements that the project found, agreed that we should do something about them, get started quickly; we moved on to the next item on the agenda.” Towards the end of 2014 we completed a Value Stream Mapping project for a […]
