Below you will find all articles and posts tagged with Lean Thinking. These articles are either primarily about Lean Thinking or about topics that are directly related to Lean Thinking.
Lean thinking has been popularized by companies like Toyota, Apple, Dell, and many others. But will practicing lean thinking produce a competitive advantage?
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Author: Chris Anderson Published on: January 9th, 2012
Categories: Business Management & Operations, Lean Implementation
Have you heard of Management by Objectives? It was first popularized by Peter Drucker in the 1950’s. This is basic goal setting, where you pick (or agree on with your employees) your objectives and then drive everyone to the result. Results are important, but so is keeping control of your organization. The problem with Management by Objectives is that we don’t want to become overly focused on the goals to the point where we begin to ignore the environment around us. What’s better than Management by Objectives?
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Author: Chris Anderson Published on: December 6th, 2011
Categories: Business Management & Operations, Process Management
Some people think that you can only implement lean in manufacturing. What about in an office area like Human Resources (HR)? Can you implement lean in HR?
Fist you have to ask yourself what does HR do? HR’s function is to support hiring and termination, training and development, benefit programs, HR compliance-safety and their own improvement projects. There are five topics to discuss.
Author: Chris Anderson Published on: October 12th, 2011
Categories: Human Resources, Lean Implementation
Developing an ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS) requires a lot of effort to create a system, change employee behavior (management and workers), and obtain the desired results. Many companies have successfully built an ISO QMS, passed their initial registration audit, and later failed to maintain all of the documents, records, and quality process activities. Creating an ISO QMS is one thing but maintaining it can be just as difficult for your organization.
Author: Chris Anderson Published on: June 17th, 2011
Categories: ISO Quality Management, ISO Quality Standards, Lean Implementation, Quality Training
What is the first thing you think of when you hear the term “ISO 9001“? Lengthy policies, complicated procedures, and miles of forms to fill out? A bureaucracy that rivals the US government in size and complexity? Intense, week-long audits that make waterboarding seem like spa therapy? You may be misinformed — ISO 9001 is based on sound business practices and is designed to help your organization improve incrementally.
Now, what do you think of when you hear the term “lean“? Are you thinking “no fat”, as in Jack Sprat? Do the words “efficient”, “effective”, or “no waste” come to mind?
If we put the two terms together, we get Lean ISO 9001, which means a quality management system (QMS) with no fat…an ISO 9001 system that is efficient, effective, and reduces waste within your organization. Who wouldn’t want that?
Author: Chris Anderson Published on: May 25th, 2011
Categories: ISO Quality Management, Lean Implementation, Process Management
Not all processes require procedure writing. There’s a lot of overhead associated with every business procedure you write. Therefore, the more business procedures you write, the more procedures you have to edit, implement, train, audit, and
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Author: Chris Anderson Published on: October 19th, 2009
Categories: Business Management & Operations, Process Management, Writing Policies and Procedures
Lean approach simplifies the ISO 9001:2008 quality procedures manual and clearly points out the required QMS procedures and records.
St. Louis, MO – June 18, 2009 – Bizmanualz, Inc., a business publications, training, and consulting company based in St. Louis, MO, today announced the release of the updated ISO 9001 Policies and Procedures Manual. The company has greatly improved its product by modeling its policies and procedures on the Deming (“Plan-Do-Check-Act”) Cycle.
Author: Editor Published on: June 18th, 2009
Categories: ISO Quality Management, ISO Quality Standards, News and Announcements
Lean Visual Management System cuts through the paperwork typical of ISO 9001:2008 quality certifications.
St. Louis, MO (April 24, 2009) - Bizmanualz, Inc., a business strategy consulting and quality publishing company based in Clayton, Missouri, today announced the successful certification to ISO 9001:2008 for the design, development, realization, and delivery of its policy and procedure publications, training courses, and consulting services. The certification demonstrates the Bizmanualz commitment to continually improve its ability to assist business owners achieve the growth they envision.
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Author: Sandi Villarreal Published on: April 24th, 2009
Categories: Business Process Improvement, Case Studies, ISO Quality Management, News and Announcements
What does it cost to call one prospect? How many times must you call that prospect until the timing is right and he has a need for your product or service? Assuming that you get lucky and call him when he has a need, why should he listen to you? Wouldn’t it be great if prospects called you when they were ready to consider buying?
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Author: Editor Published on: January 21st, 2008
Categories: Lead Generation, Sales and Marketing
Last week we discussed using visual stories to convey your message. But even when you have a message, how will your prospects find you?
One way that business people find goods and services is to search the web. It’s up to you to optimize your site to make it easy for search engines to serve up your site when prospects go searching.
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Author: Editor Published on: January 14th, 2008
Categories: Lead Generation, Sales and Marketing
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