Guide
Practical Lean guide
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How to lead people who do not report to you
Lean managers, project leaders and process owners are not allowed to give orders and are still expected to deliver results. It works, if plant management plays its part.
Where your order processing loses hours every day without anyone noticing
The line is fast, yet the order still arrives late. I show where the days disappear in order clarification, purchasing and production planning, and what lean office does about it.
The bottleneck sits in the office, not in the hall
All machines are running, yet the delivery dates are shaky. I explain why the bottleneck usually sits outside manufacturing and how to take the whole value stream into view.
The first 90 days after the audit decide everything
The audit report has arrived, the team is waiting to see what happens. What has to happen in the first 90 days so that findings turn into change that can be seen in the hall and in the office.