http://www.leanonline.com.au/ leanonline.com.au Blog en Thu, 17 May 2012 18:45:31 EST http://www.leanonline.com.au/blog/lean-manufacturing-article http://www.leanonline.com.au/blog/lean-manufacturing-article From a staff perspective employees need to accept they are most employable and most valuable to an organisation when they contribute pro-actively to the ongoing competitiveness and improvement of a business. 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A follow-up to the best-selling... http://www.leanonline.com.au/blog/improvement-and-change-objectives http://www.leanonline.com.au/blog/improvement-and-change-objectives Identify Improvement and Change Objectives Most change programs produce less than expected results due primarily to the time and effort put into intellectualising about what we want to change and far too little time and effort into the more difficult part of how we are going to commence and complete the change objectives. With all the brilliant tools and systems for establishing an excellent strategic or business plan, like competitor mapping, market segmentation, channel analysis and so on, we have become quite good at working out where we want our businesses to progress to. (Content part... http://www.leanonline.com.au/blog/what-is-change- http://www.leanonline.com.au/blog/what-is-change- What is change? There are many factors forcing change on people and organisations today. At an individual level there are changes in values, expectations and demographics forcing us to accept new working arrangements. At the organisational level we are seeing changes in the devolution of responsibility and authority and a move more toward team work, global competition, use of technology, skills, customer and consumer demands for highly customised products and services and more pressure from legislation on environmental, worker safety, corporate governance and green house affects. These... http://www.leanonline.com.au/blog/lean---the-common-mind-model http://www.leanonline.com.au/blog/lean---the-common-mind-model LEAN Thinking - The common sense mind model Generally the common mind model that Lean Thinking provides to executives, middle management and employees in general is an extremely powerful tool, and should be considered the first step is gaining a common understanding, vision and language. By engaging your senior management team in a Lean Thinking Practices and Principles awareness workshop you will be equiping them with enough information to create a lean strategy, and a preferred approach for the enterprise. The next step is to assign or appoint a senior manager or managers the... http://www.leanonline.com.au/blog/lean-supply-chain http://www.leanonline.com.au/blog/lean-supply-chain Lean processing is based on cooperation amongst all participants in the various processes as they interact with one another from enquiry to delivery of the service, product or information. This cooperation must extend from the smallest materials supplier to the largest equipment supplier, including tooling, software services, data management services, especially employees, teamwork and customers.  The lean supply chain approach is that you are only as good as your weakest link and cannot tolerate disconnections. A poor external supplier, poorly performing department, unreliable... http://www.leanonline.com.au/blog/manufacturing-operations-management http://www.leanonline.com.au/blog/manufacturing-operations-management     We believe the demand for training and education has been relatively scarce in Manufacturing and in particular in Operations management mainly due to a belief that if you can operate a business in general you can run a manufacturing company. This misunderstanding has had a significant effect on manufacturing with the introduction of technology, global markets, customer awareness, and demands for lower costs, quick delivery, high quality, improved value and providing high service. Operations management over the past 50 years has changed immensely and more is happening as... http://www.leanonline.com.au/blog/lean-speak---glossary-of-lean-terms http://www.leanonline.com.au/blog/lean-speak---glossary-of-lean-terms Can you add to our lean speak, glossary of Lean Terms? Let's make this the most comprehensive set on the WEB.   6 Sigma & Lean Sigma 6-Sigma uses statistical inference in a disciplined manner, a data-driven methodology specifically aimed at reducing variation, predicting probability and eliminating defects. Lean by comparison is a data driven methodology, focusing on the elimination of waste through team based activities. Lean incorporates many tools including six sigma. By combining the two approaches, especially in mature continuously improving organisations creates the most... http://www.leanonline.com.au/blog/lean-across-many-business-sectors http://www.leanonline.com.au/blog/lean-across-many-business-sectors       Today Lean thinking principles and practices are being applied accross many business sectors, including Lean Manufacturing of course, lean health, lean office, lean administraion, leanbanking, lean finance, lean accounting, lean government, lean education, lean construction, lean food and wine, lean logistics and lean supply chains.  What are your experiences realtive lean implementation into these areas and any new ones? What should we watch out for and why? Contact us if we can assist you in your Lean program.