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Will You Add? - Three Perspectives on Lean
Checking the Better Business Bureau is good, but checking the person himself is better.Would you be willing to take an extra moment to check the background of your future employee? Who knows, you might discover some criminal past - people aren't always what they seem to be externally.Every serious business owner or employer uses background check services everyday, do you?If you don't then just think of all the news that we constantly hear about how a new nanny was torturing a little kid, or the caregiver who was hitting the old lady... Yes, this is very common
Lynn Visson's "Wedded Strangers" identifies differences in work ethic between Russians and Americans:“Americans, with a work ethic, grew up knowing they would have to work hard to get a job. For Russians, under the Soviet system, the government found them a job or they got a job through personal contacts.”“Under the Soviet system, the idea was to get away with as little work as possible, as there were no pay raises. There was no real threat of getting fired either. Working hard just led to more work.”“For women in the Soviet Union, the workplace was a place to
There are currently ongoing debates about Shingo’s influence on the Toyota system. The facts are that he taught Industrial Engineering courses at Toyota for over 25 years from 1955 onwards. He taught the people who implemented Lean the engineering principles behind it. He saw Lean in terms of Non-Stock Production – producing with minimal inventory. There is a grain of truth in Dan Jones’ comment above, in tha
Lets put it this way; supposing you knew you needed to make a journey for your business and you had a gut feeling you should do it tomorrow. You get in you car, still not knowing where you are going at a time that feels right. You drive to your first junction and think to yourself, “Shall I go left or right”? You choose right, because it looks the better option! You keep changing direction throughout the morning based on what feels or looks right, until you decide to stop and have a break.“Am I here yet?” you wonder to yourself sitting having your coffee and bacon sandwich.
There are currently ongoing debates about Shingo’s influence on the Toyota system. The facts are that he taught Industrial Engineering courses at Toyota for over 25 years from 1955 onwards. He taught the people who implemented Lean the engineering principles behind it. He saw Lean in terms of Non-Stock Production – producing with minimal inventory. There is a grain of truth in Dan Jones’ comment above, in th
Have you ever been in charge of a fund raising activity? If you have, then it was a very worthwhile learning experience wasn't it? And if you haven't, well it's not as easy as it looks.Though, a fund raising activity should be fun and fulfilling it does not always goes as smooth as the organizers plan it to be. That's why it is always ideal to plan carefully your activity to ensure that all bases are covered and you have a contingency plan for everything. There are, however, some ideal techniques to make sure that your fund raising activity is a success.Make sure tha
Rising production costs and fierce competition is resulting in manufacturing companies looking at all aspects of savings, especially energy savings.Spray nozzles of the right specification can lead to significant savings in both energy and raw materials.One of the overlooked areas is the use of the correct spray nozzle. Whilst frequently ignored in the manufacturing process, it is often this item of equipment that is the most important. Header tanks, pumps sophisticated controls, pipe work are all immaterial if the spray nozzle “at the sharp end” is not delivering th
If you have been looking for a way to make money from home, maybe you might want to consider legitimate work at home typing jobs. Typing jobs can be very rewarding and you can find a lot of them on different websites and the skills required will depend. Some jobs may require you to do research to write articles and some just might be for filling forms.If you want to choose to a work at home typing job, first decide what kind of typing job you want to be doing. If you have writing skills and you have knowledge on some subject or topics you can work for other people wri
Shingo was a theorist as well as an engineer, and his theory was articulated as far back as 1946. The theory was that manufacturing is a network of process (product flow) and operations and that non-stock production meant focusing on flow not individual operational efficiency. He derived this from Henry Ford’s dictum that the longer anything is in the factory
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