According Sam McAfee Lean StartUp is the most revolutionary idea since SMED! Lean StartUp methods use lean principles to bring products and services to customers quickly, cheaply, effectively with relatively more certainty. Even established companies like General Electric, Intuit, and PayPal are using Lean Startup thinking.… Read more
This blog provides an excellent discussion on what stand-up meetings are, what they are not and how to conduct them. Read more…… Read more
One of the key steps in Lean / Toyota Production System (TPS) is the identification of Muda or Waste. Taiichi Ohno, who is considered as the father of TPS, identified seven wastes in organisations: Transportation, inventory, motion, waiting, over-processing, over-production and defects.’… Read more
A3 is a simple standardised problem solving tool. It is a simple visual tool that encourages clear articulation of the problem, the goals, root cause analysis and action plans in a format that triggers conversation and learning. For more about this lean tool and for examples, read more…… Read more
