Dr. John Grout's Mistake-Proofing / Poka Yoke Workshop sponsored by the Georgia Tech Lean Consortium and Berry College's Campbell School of Business was a great success. An audience of 44 soaked up the insights and principles of mistake-proofing presented by Dr. John Grout on Tues. July 20 at Berry College. There were 8 consortium member companies, 4 guest manufacturers and 2 healthcare organizations respresented. Each attendee found a mistake-proofing or failsafing device from Dr. Grout's … [Read More...]
Mistake-Proofing / Poka Yoke Workshop was a great success
Dr. John Grout's Mistake-Proofing / Poka Yoke Workshop sponsored by the Georgia Tech Lean Consortium and Berry College's Campbell School of Business was a great success. An audience of 44 soaked up the insights and principles of mistake-proofing presented by Dr. John Grout on Tues. July 20 at Berry College. There were 8 consortium member companies, 4 guest manufacturers and 2 healthcare organizations respresented. Each attendee found a mistake-proofing or failsafing device from Dr. Grout's collection at their seat. During introductions, each attendee had to figure out and explain their device. Reviewing these examples, plus Dr. Grout's explanations, was ...
NW Benchmarking Tour now scheduled for August 25, 2010
NW Lean Consortium Benchmarking Tour Wenesday August 25, 2010 9 am to 1 pm EVCO Plastics Calhoun, GA 30701 Contact David Apple to reserve your spot. david.apple@innovate.gatech.edu http://www.evcoplastics.com/ EVCO is a global, custom injection molder of thermoplastic resins with mold design and mold building. Our ten manufacturing facilities, strategically located throughout the U.S., China and Mexico, employ over 900 people and operate 140 molding presses ranging from 28 to 3,300 tons. This is another great opportunity to see best manufacturing practices. Evco has wide range of customers from automotive to consumer products packaging. In addition to ‘lean’ stuff, Evco has done some ‘neat’ stuff in facilities management.
Are meetings a form of waste?
In our last webinar, Andy Carlino spoke about developing an operating system. To see some of our Lean Consortium companies operating systems, and learn how they carry out their system in on-going operations, I thought attending a weekly or monthly staff meeting would be a good idea. I want to find out what they discuss, what they think is important and how it aligns with their stated lean strategy. Well … I was not expecting this response. This is from the first company I asked. “You are welcome to join us anytime. However, staff meetings really do not exist here. We used to do it, but ...
Lean Leadership Event is a Success
[caption id="attachment_403" align="alignleft" width="236" caption="Jamie and Buzz"][/caption] I was very pleased with the 2010 Georgia Tech Lean Leadership Event. Jamie Flinchbaugh gave us some watch-outs plus guidance on improving our lean implementation and changing to a continuous improvement culture. Here are my edited Blackberry notes from the day. Post or email your comments. Much of what Jamie discussed was an expansion of principles presented in his book, Principle 4 – Systematic Problem Solving and Principle 5 – Creating a Learning Organization. 1. It’s not about the tools --- it’s about getting the thinking right. 2. It’s not about the leadership support anymore - but how ...
Session 4: Lean Blocking & Tackling Series with Andy Carlino is posted.
Finally, we have posted Andy Carlino's Session 4 of the Lean Blocking & Tackling Series posted on the CONTENT page. See the top menu bar. Andy did a great job presenting the topic 'Pulling it all together, how to develop a lean-based operating system.'
Lean Blocking and Tackling Webinars Now Available in Content Tab
We've had three successful webinars in the Lean Blocking and Tackling series based on the book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean. The video with the presentation and audio for these three sessions is now posted under the Content tab. Sessions 1 & 2: Derek Woodham and David Apple covered the Five Principles of Lean. Principle One: Directly Observe Work as Activities, Connections and Flows Principle Two: Systematic Waste Elimination Principle Three: Establish High Agreement of What and How Principle Four: Systematic Problem Solving Principle Five: Create a Learning Organization Session 3: Larry Alford covered Lean Leadership, Five Common Pitfalls, and the Transformation Roadmap. Session 4: ...
Lean Consortium Value
This past week we had the opportunity to visit one of the Georgia Tech Lean Consortium companies in Newnan, Georgia for a benchmarking tour. It was an encouraging and energizing visit for me to see the commitment level, and the energy this company had for its Lean strategy. Their Lean strategy, called "Everest", was presented to us by their Vice President responsible for their global Lean efforts. He had traveled over from Europe to experience the consortium benchmarking process and did an excellent job in presenting their near and long term plans. After the consortium meeting was ...
Lean Consortium
Welcome to our new Blog / Site As our Consortium grows across Georgia, we created this site to encourage a greater level of interaction and sharing of ideas. We hope that you visit often and contribute your thoughts and experiences on your Lean journey. The initial Blog posts will be submitted by the Georgia Tech Lean team and Consortium members, and registered guests can provide comments. Ultimately, we want contributions from our members as well. You’ll be hearing more about the process for generating posts. We all learn from our successes, stumbles, and our ‘Aha!’ moments. The calendar presents ...
