All too often businesses invest in some new project only to be very surprised that the project is overrun on costs and time of delivery. Just two […]

Four Employee Killer Costs I will mention five categories (the fifth relates to the current crisis we have) here: I. THE BONUS SYSTEMa. All bonus systems at […]

In other words, how to create business suicide! No.1 You have been operating on a low, M1 profit margin (sales minus variable direct costs of labour and […]

What are my variable costs? How can I further reduce my variable costs! This is really the domain for operations managers including the lean manager. Variable costs […]

How to improve your Business Cash-Flow? A Brief Guide based on: “A Lean Accounting Approach to Managing your business during a Crisis”. One of many lessons I […]

Production based on one-piece-flow In a production environment you should be aiming for a one-piece flow approach to process improvement. This will also mean eliminating all work-in-progress […]

Source: 24th March Lean Leadership Way Institute. YOKOTEN series: Contributor: Mark Forkun Are you delivering on time! “Over the past few years business has been so good […]

Source: 18th March Lean Leadership Way Institute. YOKOTEN series: Contributor: Mark Forkun Right now, your business is running 24/7. Production is running flat out and doing everything […]

What is my role as a leader? What can I do to successfully implement a sustainable problem-solving culture in my company?

How does the Lean Leader Circle OPDCSC differ from the PDCA Deming Cycle?