Comments on: Back to Basics http://theleanthinker.com/2009/04/21/back-to-basics/ Thoughts and insights from the shop floor. Fri, 18 May 2012 16:29:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Slow Down To Speed Up with Lean :: learnsigma http://theleanthinker.com/2009/04/21/back-to-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-29419 Slow Down To Speed Up with Lean :: learnsigma Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:17:48 +0000 http://theleanthinker.com/?p=500#comment-29419 [...] Back to Basics (theleanthinker.com) [...] [...] Back to Basics (theleanthinker.com) [...]

]]> By: TPS: The leadership problem « IQL Consulting http://theleanthinker.com/2009/04/21/back-to-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-25731 TPS: The leadership problem « IQL Consulting Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:22:45 +0000 http://theleanthinker.com/?p=500#comment-25731 [...] The leadership problem 27 04 2009 Reading about the West’s adoption of lean principles - and specifically the Toyota Production System [...] [...] The leadership problem 27 04 2009 Reading about the West’s adoption of lean principles – and specifically the Toyota Production System [...]

]]> By: Mark http://theleanthinker.com/2009/04/21/back-to-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-25595 Mark Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:51:57 +0000 http://theleanthinker.com/?p=500#comment-25595 The downside to those things is that (in manufacturing at least) you really can't pick and choose. You've got to work on all of them, starting more or less at the beginning of the list - flow. And the "Pursue Perfection" bit, listed as "Step 5" in <em>Lean Thinking</em> actually is the topic of this post - my belief is that you need to be doing that part pretty much from the start, or nothing else sticks. The downside to those things is that (in manufacturing at least) you really can’t pick and choose. You’ve got to work on all of them, starting more or less at the beginning of the list – flow. And the “Pursue Perfection” bit, listed as “Step 5″ in Lean Thinking actually is the topic of this post – my belief is that you need to be doing that part pretty much from the start, or nothing else sticks.

]]> By: Jim Fernandez http://theleanthinker.com/2009/04/21/back-to-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-25554 Jim Fernandez Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:02:03 +0000 http://theleanthinker.com/?p=500#comment-25554 Thank you so much for reminding me about the "green tab" in my Learning To See book. I re-read that section. great stuff. And, now I'm seriously thinking about suggesting a different way of planning our jobs here at the plant. It's so easy to forget the basics. Thank you so much for reminding me about the “green tab” in my Learning To See book. I re-read that section. great stuff.

And, now I’m seriously thinking about suggesting a different way of planning our jobs here at the plant.

It’s so easy to forget the basics.

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