Lean Manufacturing Principles, Tools, and Concepts

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated May 5, 2011

Startup Lessons Learned 2011: Discount Code

I'm pleased to offer a 20% discount code for Eric Ries' Startup Lessons Learned 2011 Conference. Below are the conference details: Startup Lessons

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated May 3, 2011

As most of us know by now, Osama Bin Laden has been found and killed. This is a great day for the World Trade Center families and survivors, for

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated April 18, 2011

Today, we'll hear from Ronald Rudzin, CEO of Saatva Mattress, an efficient manufacturer of Luxury Mattresses; their current business model is

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated April 14, 2011

A few weeks ago, I visited a Distribution Center in Nevada. On our Gemba Walk thorugh the Warehouse, I noticed some very interesting applications of

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated March 23, 2011

Publishers send me a lot of books, magazines, etc., and I'm thankful for all of it. Understandably, I can't and won't read everything I'm sent. From

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated March 22, 2011

In a Lean Transformation, a few dynamics can help create the environment upon which Lean can thrive: Start From Need Strike When The Iron is

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated March 21, 2011

Continuing my summary of Yoshihito Wakamatsu's book The Toyota Mindset, today we discuss Taiichi Ohno's view on Automation and Fixing Problems

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated March 18, 2011

Arguably, the biggest waste is improving a process that shouldn't exist. Lean is deceptively simple. It's simple, always in retrospect. And,

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated March 16, 2011

It's true, I've become a Belieber. No, I'm not into his music - actually, I have yet to hear a complete Justin Bieber song - not yet anyway. No,