The Gemba Academy team was at The Association for Manufacturing Excellence annual conference in Dallas last week, the largest lean conference in the world. By all accounts, it was a great success, with over a thousand people excited about finally getting together in person again to network, participate in workshops, and hear motivating keynotes…….… Read more
Without listening (to customers, employees, patients, suppliers, etc.), it’s not really Lean is it? Listening is a core aspect of what Toyota would call “Respect for People?”….read on…… Read more
Toyota’s growth to date is within the established business model of the automotive industry. In light of technological innovations in “CASE,”* the very concept of the automobile is on the verge of major change. Given this situation, we must transform our business model into one that is in line with the CASE era.… Read more
Trevelyan’s, one of New Zealand’s leading Kiwifruit packhouse, cool storage facility and orchard management services provider, believes the challenges of labour shortages, infrastructure costs, climate change, and more. present the perfect opportunity to reflect and continuously grow as a company. Read more.… Read more
The Government has announced that New Zealand can safely move out of Alert Level 4 lockdown at 11.59pm on Monday 27 April.
https://covid19.govt.nz/latest-updates/new-zealand-be-at-alert-level-3-from-tuesday-28-april/
EI Faculty Member Steve Bell sent me a photo taken at a Trader Joe’s store in Oregon. With eyes for lean thinking and practice, he made several observations of how they’re operating as an essential business during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the photo, workers are shown outside the store sanitizing shopping carts between users.… Read more
