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Lean Tools are a Means, Never an End
One of the most common and most difficult to eradicate beliefs is that “Lean” is just a bunch of analytical tools and methods. By knowing and applying them, organizations often believe they will...
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Operation Fast Start: Prioritize Your Manufacturing Improvement Targets for...
There are times when a manufacturing operation needs to get better (a lot better) — fast. This can be the result of many things. Often it’s in response to an external stimulus, such as competitive...
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Solve (a lot of) Your Operations Problems in Just One Day
Over the years, businesses have used numerous tools and techniques to achieve rapid change (i.e., Kaizen events). These techniques have typically focused on resolving specific manufacturing or business...
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I’m excited to introduce this issue of KeyNotes. Our goal for this edition is to provide news, methods and evidence that inspire you to ACT DIFFERENT and be more aggressive with your change...
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What Is Stopping You From Taking on the Inventory Management Monster?
There are few industries or businesses where improved inventory control could not positively impact bottom line results. Whether it’s something as complex as tracking costly well-drilling equipment, or...
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The Bacon Revolution: Are You In?
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but there’s a bacon revolution going on. Everyone seems to be talking about bacon and eating more of it lately. Bacon recipes are sweeping the Internet. Fast-food chains...
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The Journey to Sticky Data: Humans Needed
Living in an “Information Age” has its challenges. Many of us have come to rely too much on technology, expecting it to solve the world’s problems with little or no manual effort involved. Much like...
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KeyNotes E-Newsletter: Collaboration
This issue of KeyNotes focuses on collaboration ― providing news, methods and evidence to celebrate the power of people working together. From the boardroom to field techs, from the factory floor to...
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Attention recovering companies ― Lean is best applied as a growth strategy!
Lean is all about waste elimination right? But to what end? The Toyota Production System (TPS) promotes eliminating waste in the pursuit of higher quality, lower costs and improved delivery with...
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Five Techniques That Help Transform Operations – Fast
When it comes to driving business improvements, the term “transformation” is overused. Transformation indicates a fundamental shift from one state to another. How often do organizations make such bold...
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KeyNotes E-Newsletter: Lean is a Growth Strategy
This issue of KeyNotes is about Lean and its power as a growth enabler. Providing news, methods and evidence to support this position, our hope is that readers begin to transcend the traditional “cost...
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Kaufman Global attends 2014 SPE / IADC Drilling Conference and Exhibition in...
Kaufman Global will be on-hand to hear about the latest trends, emerging technologies and state-of-the-art innovations being showcased at the 2014 SPE / IADC Drilling Conference and Exhibition being...
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Relearning Jidoka From a Robot Vacuum Cleaner
About 20 years ago, when I first trained on the Toyota Production System, it was presented to me that the second pillar of the Toyota production system was “Jidoka”. Jidoka is a Japanese word that...
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