Lean Thinking Articles

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.

Simple Visual Stories Convey Your Message Effectively

Last week’s article talked about crafting marketing message from your customers’ perspectives. This week we will discuss how a simple visual story can simplify a message complicated with symbols and shapes.

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Author: Editor    Published on: January 7th, 2008
Categories: Lead Generation

What Procedures Should You Write?

In past articles we have explored the very basic reasons why an organization needs procedures.  My belief is that, no matter how many complex explanations you give or long lists you create, it all boils down to four basic reasons: 

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Author: Editor    Published on: November 19th, 2007
Categories: Writing Policies and Procedures

Why Do You Need To Write Procedures ?

Last week we brought up the topic of why we need procedures. While some would answer this question by providing very long lists of reasons why, these lists sometimes aren’t useful. They are too long to really remember and absorb, plus there is too much overlap and redundancy. I, however, listed four very basic reasons that I feel demonstrate why we should develop procedures

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Author: Chris Anderson    Published on: November 12th, 2007
Categories: Writing Policies and Procedures

How Policies and Procedures Can Help Your Organization

Why do we need policies and procedures?”  Have you heard that question before?  Perhaps you were even the one asking it.  How happy were you with the answer you gave, or with the one you received?  Frequently people struggle to give a clear and meaningful response to such an obvious question. 

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Author: Chris Anderson    Published on: November 5th, 2007
Categories: Writing Policies and Procedures

Make it Happen with Strategic Alignment, and with Clear Strategies and Tactics

Our theme this month is about setting and reviewing your strategic management plan.  Now is the time to set and review your vision & mission and goals & objectives so that they are in place and fully communicated throughout the organization at the start of the New Year. 

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Author: Editor    Published on: October 22nd, 2007
Categories: Strategic Process Improvement

Setting Goals to Realize SMART Objectives

In the most recent article, we explained how a clear statement of vision can guide members of the organization. This over-arching statement of principle can add clarity and meaning to regular activities. Now is the time for reviewing vision and mission statements, and as well as reviewing and setting goals and objectives for the coming new year.

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Author: Editor    Published on: October 15th, 2007
Categories: Strategic Process Improvement

A Sincere Statement of Vision

Do you know your organization’s vision statement?  Every organization should have one, and it should serve as a guiding principle for its members.  Then, the organization’s mission statement should directly align with the vision statement, and in a more specific way state how the visions is going to be fulfilled. 

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Author: Editor    Published on: October 8th, 2007
Categories: Strategic Process Improvement

Set Your Strategic Management in Action

The year 2007 is rapidly coming to a close. With the start of October we are already into the fall holiday backstretch, where the weeks fly by even faster. The best way to close out this business year, especially at the leadership level, is to start thinking about next year.

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Author: Editor    Published on: October 1st, 2007
Categories: Strategic Process Improvement

Are you Looking Forward to Your Next Audit?

“I am here to audit you.”  That phrase can strike fear in most of us, thanks in part to our good friends at the IRS.  In the business world as well, those five words can send a chill down the spine of everyone from the Finance VP to the shipping department clerk.  But it shouldn’t. 

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Author: Editor    Published on: September 4th, 2007
Categories: Business Process Improvement

Watching the Business Performance Scoreboard

Let’s say, just prior to taking a commercial flight, that you are talking to your pilot and discussing the technical aspects of the trip. During the discussion, you learn that the plane only has one instrument gauge – an air speed meter. “We just like to focus on one thing, and be really good at it,” explained the pilot. “After we get really good at regulating our air speed,” the pilot continues,

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Author: Editor    Published on: August 20th, 2007
Categories: Business Management & Operations

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