Dear #CEO, are you reducing lead time on continuous and one off production by 30% within 4 months? Most common response I hear is; “it’s not possible”, “we […]

Dear #CEO Are maintenance from Mars and Production from Venus? 👀 I call this the London Bridge syndrome, so how do we bridge the Gap?There are a number of ways to tackle this problem. Some […]

Dear #CEO Are you doing #lean or management by objectives #mbo? 👀 Of course, the word, doing, is what you should not be doing, but working towards building the right organisational culture for a sustainable environment […]

Dear #CEO,is your top management team practicing Daily Management or just talking about it! 👀 Daily Management Practices is #standardwork for top management !👀 Your #hoshinkanri is a tool but it works […]

Dear #CEO Have you documented your standards? 👀 Reading lean posts, I get the impression that unless a process is documented then there is no standard and the business […]

Dear #CEO What do we need to do to be Lean Fit? The truth is, even first tier OEM to the motor industry are not lean, in the #tps sense of […]

Dear #CEO what books on lean leadership would you recommend?There are two books by two amazing people from industry Toyota and danaher.👀 Both are written from years of Genba practice in […]

Dear #CEO – Tales from the #boardroomWhat does  #organisationalculture #leadership  #enterprisekaizen  and  #hansei have in common?We all fail each day, at work, on the road, at home. We quickly recognise the […]

Dear #CEO, Leading to serve others,Leadership accountability is about serving others and has an enormous responsibility on your shoulders. Its not about #kpis, Bonuses, #mbo and #strategy that an #mba will force feed you. 👀 #PrincipledLeanLeadership is perhaps […]

Dear #CEO – Tales from the #boardroomWhat does #heijunka , #Jidoka and #andon have in common with #SQDC and #skiing !For me Heijunka is a method to improve the tango between sales, aka #takt time and #productionplanning aka #cycletime#teams .It reduces unevenness aka #mura in a production process […]

Dear #CEO  – Tales from the #boardroomToo often we see #SQDC as something to have on a white board to measure only performance or #kpisHowever, what they will not tell you is […]

Dear #CEOWhat does #lean#trilogy and #productionplanning have in common !👉I will focus only on the ubiquitous and undervalued Sales & Operational Planning role and how this relates to the tripartite relationship between #shareholders#employees and #customers […]