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Value Stream Mapping: Are You Doing it Correctly?

GBMP wants to make sure they are so be sure to join us on July 9-10 at Abiomed in Danvers, MA for an excellent 2-day workshop during which students will learn the RIGHT way to use VSM to document material and information flow and get practiced through hands-on activities so they leave the workshop with the knowledge AND CONFIDENCE to use Value Stream Mapping to eliminate waste in your process. Read more/register here. 

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Why Not?

Most Lean folks use “5-Whys” daily to problem solve; but, relatively few are familiar with a clever problem solving device developed 30 years ago...

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Celebrity Toast Kaizen

The Toast Scale I’m not so sure how I feel about a story I heard this morning of Jim Nantz’s toast visual aid, but it’s so rare that anyone in the...

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How do you conduct a Lean System Assessment?

It is management’s role to continuously assess the current condition of the Lean implementation and provide appropriate support and motivation to...

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