Lean


Below you’ll find the articles at EPM from the lean category. I believe that understanding the principles of lean will help you lead your endeavors in a “mean and lean” fashion, and because of this they are more likely to be a success.

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Think Big, Act Small

It’s an obvious fact that the smaller and more lean your business the less cash is required to run it. It’s the same with people, the bigger you are the more food you’re going to consume each day.

More often …

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Deming’s 14 Points

We’ve previously looked at the Deming Cycle (Plan, Do, Check, Act) for continuous improvement proposed by W. Edwards Deming. Deming also offered 14 principles for the transformation of American business.

Deming’s 14 Points can apply at any level within any …

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What is Systems Thinking?

Systems thinking provides a way to understand how different factors influence each other within a whole. This type of problem cannot be easily understood by traditional reductionist or logical thinking. But what exactly is systems thinking?

Giving a definition of …

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The 7 Types of Waste

One way to increase margins and therefore profitability is to remove waste from an organization. In Japanese there is the term Muda, which describes any activity which does not value to others, is unproductive and therefore wasteful. This is a …
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