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Using Value Stream Mapping to Improve Your Business

On July 17, 2011 By Byron

Last week’s show was part one of a three part series on how to use value stream mapping in your company.  The intent of this series is to provide listeners with enough information to get started using this tool to improve their business processes.  Last week we covered three prerequisites that you need to understand [...]

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Is Being Right 99.9% of the Time Good Enough?

On April 9, 2011 By Byron

Being right only 99.9% of the time would result in: –       2,000,000 Documents Lost by IRS –       16,000 Pieces of Mail Lost Every Day –       22,000 Wrongly Debited / Credited Checks Per Hour –       1,314 Wrongly Connected Phone Calls Per Minute –       20,000 Incorrect Drug Prescriptions Per Year –       12 Newborn Babies Given to Wrong [...]

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This week’s Show: Mortgage America’s Lean Improvements

On March 24, 2011 By Byron

On this week’s show we benchmarked the local, Huntsville Alabama company – Mortgage America.  I have been working with Mortgage America since November of 2010 and have great success!  The entire branch participates in improving the overall process with the focused goal of completing any mortgage within a 10 day window.  Hear about their success [...]

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So is Standardized Work Really Important?

On March 16, 2011 By Byron

Below is a “reprint” of the old February 8th LEAN Frog blog that inspired this week’s show: I have a confession – a few times a week I run through a local fast food establishment and grab a sausage biscuit for breakfast.  I know, I know, please spare me the lectures I hear them all [...]

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Track Performance and Drive Results

On March 8, 2011 By Byron

    How do you know if your business is succeeding? This is a question that’s more important for every business person to know how to answer than simply knowing the answer at any particular moment. There are lean planning techniques that not only can help you answer this question, but more importantly help you [...]

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Taking Control of Your Workspace with 5S!

On February 28, 2011 By Byron

On Today’s Radio show we discussed the lean tool called 5S. The following information is provided as reference material for those seriously interested in making application of the tool. 5S is a practical 5 step process to help organize and maintain organization throughout your workspace. The 5 steps are: Step 1: Sort •Sort through everything [...]

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