Value Stream Concepts
Monday, July 12th, 2010Jim Luckman has had the unique experience of leading three separate lean transformations, as a Plant Manager, as a Director of a Research and Development Center, and as a CEO of a small start-up company. During the podcast, we discussed Value Stream Mapping and delved into Value Stream Concepts as they applied to Lean and [...]
Compress your Value Stream for Unprofitable Customers
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010A while ago it seemed like all customers were profitable. Sure we had a bad apple or two but most of the time we sold a product, customers bought it and as a result we made money. In today’s environment it is very different. I would venture to say many of your customers are not [...]
The Pull in Lean Marketing
Friday, June 11th, 2010What is Pull? In Lean Manufacturing the pull concept means that you are responding to the demands of the customer. You only produce per customer demands which will create a much more stable environment based on flow verses the traditional batch and queue type environment. In the service sector, the Lean Concept of pull has [...]
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