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Lean Defined: The XY Project Selection Matrix
During any operational lean journey, one will often find there are many things to fix and improve with a disproportionate amount of time and resources. A key part of this journey is being equipped with...
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How To: Using An A3S To Prevent Lean Project Scope Creep
Scope creep. It’s what turns a quick trip to Home Depot for updating the deck railings into building a new deck, a gazebo, and a renting a backhoe to start digging out a pool. While most of you...
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Continuous Improvement Projects: Expectations and Reflection
Image via Wikipedia It never fails to amaze me how simple an idea can be, yet how difficult it can be to actually implement. I’m sure everyone can think about at least one task they’ve chosen to...
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5 Tips On PDCA: Team-Wide Implementation
Image via Wikipedia 1. Decide When to Use a PDCA The beauty of the PDCA cycle is that it can be used as a tool for the most simple project, for complex and intricately detailed projects, or as an...
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The Customer Is Always Right…Right?
Cover of Outliers: The Story of Success I once spent several long days working on solutions to a problem while trying to create countermeasures to address several gaps in a project. The more time I...
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The Lean Supply Chain Professional Certificate Program at Georgia Tech
Thousands of logistics and supply chain management professionals have advanced their knowledge – and company profitability – with the education they obtained through the courses offered by the Supply...
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Standard Work: The Basis For Continuous Improvement
When I started at the Lean Logistics Center (LLC) in Iowa a year and half ago, there was a myriad of work that needed to be done in the operation: visual management, standard work, 5S, and level flow...
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NEWS: Communication for Results, Change Management Added to Lean Supply Chain...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Waterloo, ON – March 1, 2012 – Third-Party Logistics Provider (3PL) LeanCor and the Laurier Executive Development Centre have added two key topics to the Lean Supply Chain...
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Evaluating, Building, (Rebuilding), and Completing Projects
Image via Wikipedia “Failure is the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently” – Henry Ford Being that I’m a LeanCor onsite at a major manufacturing customer, it’s necessary that I need...
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Lean Project Management Tool: RASCI
“Who’s going to do it?…..You I guess” – Historical LeanCor Quote As we ramp up after the holiday break, many people will move into new and challenges roles. A few weeks ago I was introduced to a new...
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