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Where's the Exit?- Practical Leadership Tips

When you travel on a commercial flight, the safety briefing always includes a discussion of the exits.  When you go to a movie, the safety briefing includes, "The exits to the right and left of the screen have been checked and are clear exits from the building in the event of an emergency."Exits are an important part of everyday…See More
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Where's the Exit?- Practical Leadership Tips

When you travel on a commercial flight, the safety briefing always includes a discussion of the exits.  When you go to a movie, the safety briefing includes, "The exits to the right and left of the screen have been checked and are clear exits from the building in the event of an emergency."Exits are an important part of everyday…See More
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Who holds the key to sustainment?- Practical Leadership Tips

In every class I teach, sustainment is always a concern.  Folks want to know how to sustain improvement activities, usually focusing on techniques. A better first question might be, “Who holds the key to sustainment?”  Many researchers found a lack of management commitment to be the primary cause of lean…See More
Nov 29, 2011
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Performance Metrics Matter- Practical Leadership Tips

“People respect what you inspect” is an old management adage. Is it true? Industry Week magazine recently commissioned a study to test the validity of this saying (Jusko, 2011). Their results indicate a high percentage of companies, especially successful companies, use metrics to help improve performance. Can you benefit from…See More
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Mastering Cash Flow- Practical Leadership Tips

The old saying “cash is king” reminds us the importance of having sufficient cash on hand to make payroll, pay suppliers, etc. We often hear this called “cash flow.” A recent LeanCor newsletter discussed the seven main business activities that drive cash flow. Let’s see how each of these is important. 1. Accounts Payable-…See More
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Checking, Checking, Checking - Practical Leadership Tips

As our understanding of lean has matured, we realized that creating a problem solving culture was the main goal.  At first, we learned to use the tools, then we incorporated systems thinking, and now we focus on people development.  We understand that our true competitive advantage resides within our team members and…See More
Sep 26, 2011
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Walk like you meant it - Practical Leadership Tips

In the good old days, we had lots of acronyms beginning with the letter M.  The two most troublesome were MBO (management by objectives) and MBWA (management by walking around).  Dr. Deming advised us to use a process focus and eliminate numerical targets such as MBO. MBWA is often equated with a new phrase, gemba walks.  A…See More
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Backsliding - Practical Leadership Tips

 What’s your largest challenge? In my travels with the Auburn Technical Assistance Center, most of our clients list backsliding as their greatest threat to sustaining improvements. Organizational inertia drags team members back into old habits. A recent ASQ Six Sigma Forum article suggests a two part approach to…See More
Sep 12, 2011
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Six Key Lessons for Lean Implementation - Practical Leadership Tips

The Association for Manufacturing Excellence recently ( http://www.ame.org ) held a regional training event in Lexington, Kentucky. This event included training sessions, keynote addresses, and facility tours, with the goal of shared experiences and networking.One keynote address was presented by…See More
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Where's the Exit?- Practical Leadership Tips

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When you travel on a commercial flight, the safety briefing always includes a discussion of the exits.  When you go to a movie, the safety briefing includes, "The exits to the right and left of the screen have been checked and are clear exits from the building in the event of an…

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Who holds the key to sustainment?- Practical Leadership Tips

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In every class I teach, sustainment is always a concern.  Folks want to know how to sustain improvement activities, usually focusing on techniques.

 

A better first question might be, “Who holds the key to sustainment?”  Many researchers found a lack of management commitment to be…

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Picking the Right Improvement Target- Practical Leadership Tips

Posted on November 14, 2011 at 6:00am 0 Comments



A comedian once said, “Shoot first, then call whatever you hit the target.”

My duties with the Auburn Technical Assistance…

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Picking the Right Improvement Target- Practical Leadership Tips

Posted on November 14, 2011 at 6:00am 0 Comments



A comedian once said, “Shoot first, then call whatever you hit the target.”

My duties with the Auburn Technical Assistance…

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Performance Metrics Matter- Practical Leadership Tips

Posted on November 7, 2011 at 12:14pm 0 Comments

“People respect what you inspect” is an old management adage. Is it true?



Industry Week magazine recently commissioned a study to test the validity of this saying (Jusko, 2011). Their results indicate a high percentage of companies, especially successful companies, use metrics to help improve…

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At 10:53pm on February 24, 2011, Nguyen The Chinh said…

My manager asked me to create a draft of TWI plan. Thus I started with web searching and came here. Following is my plan:

DRAFT FOR TWI PLAN

Purpose and significance

Focus on building the LO/GLO skills to provide a base that allows them to raise the skill level of operator regarding 4 programs: Job instruction, Job method, Job relation and Job Safety.

So that it’s very useful for PWB production at current situation.

Goal

  • Teach LO/GLO the right way to train operator to do job correctly-> high production
  • Teach LO/GLO to improve the way every job is done -> Kaizen
  • Teach LO/GLO to develop operator for peak performance -> high yield
  • Help company prevent accidents and promote environmental health and safety awareness.

Scope: focus on LO/GL

Resource:

            External: Japanese trainer, training centre

            Internal: TD, HR (Trainer team)

Plan:

  • Get project approved
  • Define trainer team
  • Invite external trainers (Japanese, training center)
  • Learning
  • Make TWI training document
  • Pilot TWI
  • Train
  • Set up TWI system
  • Sustrain TWI system

 I'm expecting to hear from you for this matter.

At 10:17pm on August 7, 2010, Mark Smith said…
Thanks David! I appreciate the feedback.
At 9:30am on October 29, 2009, Elizabeth (Beth) D. Reid said…
Working on it !!! Geez - such a task master !!!!
 
 
 

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