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 […]
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MANAGING EMPLOYEE COSTS
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 […]
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NINE CASH-FLOW KILLERS
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 […]
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Do you have a Burning Platform at work! Part 2
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 […]
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Do you have a Burning Platform at work !
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 […]
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Can’t cope with Demand right now! Production – Capacity – Optimisation Part II b
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 […]
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Can’t cope with Demand right now! Production – Capacity – Optimisation Part II a
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 […]
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Can’t cope with demand right now! Production – Capacity – Optimisation Part I
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 […]
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1-day S&OP and Andon workshop – March 2020 – join us.
The workshops are very practical and are dedicated to the management and production directors. Apart from the theoretical part, they include a gemba walk in two production […]
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2-nd edition of Yokoten Conference 2019 – Onboarding & SOP
The second edition of the Yokoten Conference, as every year, took place in Lublin and became the largest business event. This year’s topics covered such issues as: […]
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Building a culture of problem solving. Practices of Continuous Improvement.
What is my role as a leader? What can I do to successfully implement a sustainable problem-solving culture in my company?
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Lean Leader Circle vs. Deming Cycle
How does the Lean Leader Circle OPDCSC differ from the PDCA Deming Cycle?
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