Seven Advantages of One-Piece Flow in Manufacturing
One of the most fundamental elements of creating a lean environment is operating with one-piece-flow. The thought of processing one unit...
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Edgar Anaya
Jul 14, 20223 min read
The Incredible Story of the "Antarctic Cruiser"
In 1939, America’s Snow Cruiser was designed to tackle the intense and treacherous conditions of Antarctica—and to this day, it is still...
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Edgar Anaya
Jun 21, 20221 min read
SIPOC Diagram
A SIPOC diagram is a tool used by a team to identify all relevant elements of a process improvement project before work begins. It helps...
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Edgar Anaya
Jun 3, 20222 min read
Generations we love to hate and help us to improve
The new generations are peers some people love to hate. The generation of cat videos, duck face selfies, and trendy eyebrows, made-up...
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Edgar Anaya
May 4, 20222 min read
Metrics and KPI Boards (Part II)
Ultimately, the goal of performance metrics is to drive improved results. Otherwise, why bother? Data show better performances among...
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Edgar Anaya
Apr 13, 20222 min read
Metrics and KPI Boards (Part I)
Three key concepts in manufacturing that often get misconstrued or even used synonymously are productivity, effectiveness, and...
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Edgar Anaya
Mar 23, 20223 min read
Process Improvement in Personal Adversity
Process improvement is about persistence and adaptation to constant change. Something easy to say, but it requires a strong mindset and...
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Edgar Anaya
Feb 26, 20222 min read
The Improvement Roadmap
An improvement roadmap is a map that displays project-related information. There are different types of roadmaps for different projects,...
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Edgar Anaya
Feb 6, 20222 min read
First, Break all the Rules
The coauthors Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman's were Gallup analysts who in 1999 drew insights from 25 years of Gallup studies of...
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Edgar Anaya
Nov 30, 20212 min read
McDonald’s Lean Startup: The Minimum Viable Kitchen
Why do we go to McDonald’s? Do they have the best burgers? Probably not. Do they have the best fries? Maybe that is a topic worthy of a...
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Edgar Anaya
Nov 17, 20212 min read
Focusing our efforts: The Pareto Principle
As experienced managers and professionals, we intuitively recognize the Pareto Principle (80 20 Rule) and the concepts of the vital few...
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Edgar Anaya
Nov 2, 20212 min read
DeLorean Motor Company achieved fame, just not success.
The DeLorean DMC-12 sport car became and remained famous as the time-traveling car in the Back to the Future movies, but the actual...
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Edgar Anaya
Oct 20, 20212 min read
The Enemies of Lean
In Toyota's production system, it defines three Enemies of Lean: 1) Muda (waste), 2) Muri (overburden), and 3) Mura (unevenness). The...
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Edgar Anaya
Oct 7, 20212 min read
Do it Right the First Time
Design for Improvement is a model that puts the focus of process perfection in the design/engineering process. The key focus is ensuring...
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Edgar Anaya
Sep 25, 20212 min read
Problem Solving: The McKinsey Way
February 1999 saw the publication of The McKinsey Way by Ethan M. Rasiel, followed by The McKinsey Mind in 2002. Rasiel was a former...
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Edgar Anaya
Sep 9, 20212 min read
The GEMBA Walk
We can never expect different results from a team by sitting in the corner office and only attending KPI meetings. Instead, we need to...
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Edgar Anaya
Aug 24, 20212 min read
The 8 WASTES of Manufacturing
Waste, in “Lean” terms, is any activity that does not add value to a product, costs money and resources, and earns nothing for a...
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Edgar Anaya
Aug 8, 20212 min read
The Culture of Change
The one thing that is consistent in life is change. We have two choices: we can either manage the changes that life throws our way, or we...
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Bessibilities
Mar 23, 20211 min read
Principles for Improvement: At Work as in Life
Ray Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater, the most successful hedge fund company. He attributes his success to a set of "Principles"...
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Bessibilities
Mar 13, 20212 min read
Cause and Effect: Finding the root causes in operational problems.
The Ishikawa Diagram is a cause-and-effect diagram that helps track down the reasons for imperfections, variations, defects, or failures....
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