Business Commentary

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated February 11, 2016

How Do I Sell Lean to My Boss?

You know it's going to be a tough meeting. Lean is a mindset and comes from the heart, based on desires to change to improve outcomes. As simple as

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated February 9, 2016

Let's just be frank. Americans are unhappy at work! Recent surveys indicate that 70% of then American work force are disengaged. That means that out

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated February 4, 2016

You know that your shop floor is extremely lean. It is efficiency in motion and something to be emulated across your industry. The real question is:

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated January 19, 2016

We define the word standard as a level of quality or attainment. In the practice of the Lean methodology, that carries significant weight and high

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated January 14, 2016

Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a crucial method in Lean Management. It is intended to analyze the current state, and design a future state, for a

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated January 12, 2016

Do you walk the walk or are you all talk? Understanding Gemba and the true purpose of Gemba Walks is crucial. Gemba is where the work is done or

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated January 7, 2016

Don't make waves! Just keep doing it the way we always have. We just cannot handle the disruption amongst the staff if we make that change. How

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated January 5, 2016

Business loves catchphrases and labels. That especially applies to improvement methodologies. So many refer to these methodologies as Six Sigma, when

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated December 31, 2015

As an important part of driving organizational performance and the overall business improvement process, we thought we would explore Integrated