Lean Manufacturing Principles, Tools, and Concepts

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated June 27, 2010

Bathroom Cleanliness as Indicator of Company Conditions

A dirty restroom delivers a message of respect. A dirty restroom is a top-level indicator for what is important to a company and can give us an

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated June 26, 2010

Being abstracted from the real thing leads to poor decisions. As leaders, we lead, we teach, and we make decisions. But in doing so, we need help to

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated June 22, 2010

The title of this post is made tongue-in-cheek, because this article really celebrates an amazing transformation that is happening at The University

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated June 21, 2010

In Visual Management, colors, shapes, and words mean something. Red usually means "danger" or something that is meant to alert the human. When colors

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated June 20, 2010

This article is part of a series on Lean and the Theory of Constraints. Here is the 3 part series: Lean and Theory of Constraints: An Either/Or

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated June 19, 2010

Note: Check out my podcast with Eric Ries on the influence of the Toyota Production System on his work. In Lean Management Go and See is more of a

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated June 18, 2010

In an earlier post, I asked the question: How can Lean and The Theory of Constraints work together? In my attempt to answer that question, I

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated June 17, 2010

This article is part of a series on Lean and the Theory of Constraints. Here is the 3 part series: Lean and Theory of Constraints: An Either/Or

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated June 15, 2010

Similar to the principle of "Make it Obvious", and "Make Problems Visible", this principle is more about delivery than content. The content must be