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Your business – in numbers. You can glean a lot about what’s happening in day to day operations from talking to experts; however the data can reveal a whole lot more.

Check out this latest installment of Christopher Roser’s series on different ways to “see” the shop floor: https://www.allaboutlean.com/seeing-a-shop-floor-part-5/

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Different Aspects of Seeing a Shop Floor—Data | AllAboutLean.com

In this series on how to understand a shop floor, I talked a lot about the physical shop floor—which in my view is the more important part. However, as mentioned in my last post, looking at already collected data also … Continue reading

It’s a challenge to keep the traditional tools we use for continuous improvement or lean efforts fresh and meaningful. All too often, something like “leader’s standard work” becomes a checklist. It does not drive meaningful behavior change.I’d like to share three thoughts/actions you might try to keep your gemba walks meaningful. If you…

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How to Keep Your Gemba Walks Fresh

It’s a challenge to keep the traditional tools we use for continuous improvement or lean efforts fresh and meaningful.