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As I ready myself for a new mentoring relationship in a few weeks, I’ve been pondering roles an

We all have clients or know of companies that are losing their struggle to sustain Lean.

Understanding a process' cycle time is extremely important, especially in the context of takt time. In a mixed model environment, cycle time can be a bit less straight-forward.

Gemba Tales is proud to host the 126th edition of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Carnival.

A colleague of mine recently shared a story about the renowned Chihiro Nakao, student of Taiichi Ohno and founder of Shingijutsu. Seems that a client once asked Mr.

A couple of weeks ago, a Wall Street Journal article covered how many folks are creating computer-generated cartoons. I thought, "Hey, I can do that!" Whether or not I should is a different matter altogether...

Well, I took a shot at a hopefully instructive animated cartoon around problem-solving and what I see as one of the biggest challenges to effective problem-solving.  Let me know if any of this seems familiar.

A recent George F. Will column referenced the sign recreated at left.

I've driven past the building pictured below well over a dozen times. It appears commercial in nature, but with the lack of descriptive visual controls, I had no idea, until now, what it is.

During a recent business trip to Mexico, I spied a hotel worker using the tools captured in the picture.

Lean is applied within time and space. That's where we "live" and add value, or not.