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Jump on the Lean Six Sigma Bandwagon

Started by qamanager · 10 months ago

As Kevin points out over at Evolving Excellence
It may just be me, but it appears that the number of companies citing lean manufacturing in their financial reports, news releases, and general news articles has been increasing. Of course many of them really have no idea what lean is rea ... Continue reading »

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  • So true. It is a shame that some companies use the word "lean" when they are really doing a transformation, re-organization, or just plain headcount reduction.
    It gives lean manufacturing a real bad name, and it is a real shame.
    If you cannot stand up in front of all employees and tell them that no jobs will be lost as a result of lean, then you will not get buy-in. Job combinations are going to happen, but put the displaced workers on kaizen, 5s, and standard ops teams and lean will snowball.

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