Making Work Seem Less Like It With the new year flying by and too much to do and too little time, you’re probably stressed out. In fact, Americans are reporting a stress level of 4.6 on a scale from 1 to 10 with 10 being totally stressed out. So today I’m going to...
The Worst Ways to Handle Your Best Form of Advertising I’ve heard a few less-than-flattering terms for promotional items throughout my career. And I only have one thing to say about that…they’re accurate, in many cases. You know I have great respect for what...
Waste #7: Overproduction—Part 8 of 8: Addressing the Seven Wastes in LEAN Manufacturing with Corporate Kiosk Today, let’s take on the final “waste” in our series about the seven areas of waste identified in LEAN manufacturing. For a couple weeks now, we’ve been...
Waste #6: Inventory—Part 7 of 8: Addressing the Seven Wastes in LEAN Manufacturing with Corporate Kiosk This week, we’ll be wrapping up our series on the seven areas of waste identified in LEAN manufacturing. It’s a topic we’ve been revisiting since it generated...
Waste #5: Poor Quality—Part 6 of 8: Addressing the Seven Wastes in LEAN Manufacturing with Corporate Kiosk Next up on our waste “hit list”: quality problems. If you’ve been following along, you know we’ve been revisiting seven wastes identified in LEAN...
Waste #3: Processing—Part 5 of 8: Addressing the Seven Wastes in LEAN Manufacturing with Corporate Kiosk The seven wastes identified in LEAN manufacturing were the subject of an extremely popular post when first published. Therefore, we’ve been revisiting the topic...
Waste #3: Processing–Part 4 of 8: Addressing the 7 Wastes in LEAN Manufacturing with Corporate Kiosk In our current series, we’ve been talking about the seven wastes identified in LEAN manufacturing. The original post was one of our most popular ever. But with so many...
Waste #2: Transportation—Part 3 of 8: Addressing the Seven Wastes in LEAN Manufacturing with Corporate Kiosk It’s time to continue our series based on the seven wastes identified in LEAN manufacturing. It was one of our most popular posts ever, and certainly...
Waste #1: Waiting—Part 2 of 8 Addressing the 7 Wastes in LEAN Manufacturing with Corporate Kiosk On Tuesday, I kicked off a series that builds upon one of our most popular posts of all time. It dealt with the seven wastes identified in LEAN manufacturing. I promised...
LEAN Thinking is Profitable Thinking: Part 1 of 8 If yours is like many businesses, you’ve begun the new year with big plans to cut waste in your operation. Along with increasing sales, it’s the only way to craft a larger bottom line. And that’s perfectly...
