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Applying TPS Beyond the Shopfloor

By Ron Pereira - October 6th, 2011

Here’s a short, but very powerful, video of how lean thinking principles can make a massive impact on society. Well done Toyota! If you’re reading this via email or RSS you may need to click through to the site.

U.S. Capitol Airport Namesake Rolls in Grave

By Jon Miller - October 3rd, 2011

Across all of my travels I have never encountered such an imbalance in supply and demand for airport taxis as at Reagan National last night. This is a bit shameful for an airport in the capitol of the world’s largest economy, the

The Last Step to 5 Whys Process – The “So What?” Test

By Ron Pereira - September 28th, 2011

The 5 Whys Process is an extremely powerful root cause analysis technique when applied properly. As we explained in our recent Gemba Glossary video focused on the 5 Why there are situations where asking why a few times will suffice whi

Gemba Glossary: The 5 Why

By Ron Pereira - September 20th, 2011

Here is the next video in our Gemba Glossary video series. This one focuses on the 5 Why. If you missed any of our earlier Gemba Glossary videos please follow the links below. Gemba Glossary: 5S Gemba Glossary: The 7 Wastes Gemba Gloss

Applying 3P to Healthcare & Beyond

By Ron Pereira - September 7th, 2011

Gemba Academy’s 3P course (which stands for Production Preparation Process) demonstrates the application of this lean tool within the healthcare world. Although the course has a healthcare focus, the 3P principles taught apply to

Lean Kitchen – Fastcap Style

By Ron Pereira - August 24th, 2011

Here’s a great example of lean in action within a non-manufacturing situation! Oh, and for the record, my kids figured some of this stuff out months ago! 😉

Let’s all be friends and focus on making things better

By Ron Pereira - August 17th, 2011

I’ve sensed an unusually strong disturbance in the Continuous Improvement force the past month or so. It seemed to start with the announcement that iSixSigma was about to close their doors. Perhaps I’m partially to blame

How to Stop Time

By Ron Pereira - August 8th, 2011

Note from Ron: This is a guest post from James Lawther. Enjoy! Here’s an interesting link for you. It shows the prices of some domestic appliances in the 1950’s. Sixty years ago you could buy: A Sylvania 17 inch black and wh

3 Things You Can Do When Your Manager Doesn’t Support Continuous Improvement

By Ron Pereira - August 2nd, 2011

We lean bloggers like to preach the importance of senior management support as it relates to continuous improvement. To be sure, having senior management support is extremely important and without it the hill to continuous improvement

Gemba Glossary: Gemba

By Ron Pereira - July 22nd, 2011

Here is the latest Gemba Glossary video focused on the word gemba. If you missed any of the preview Gemba Glossary videos be sure to check them out: Gemba Glossary: 5S Gemba Glossary: 7 Wastes Gemba Glossary: Kaizen Once the video begi

Gemba Glossary: Kaizen

By Ron Pereira - July 14th, 2011

Here is the latest Gemba Glossary video focused on the word kaizen. If you missed any of the preview Gemba Glossary videos please be sure to check them out: Gemba Glossary: 5S Gemba Glossary: 7 Wastes And to access more than 165 othe

Great, here comes Mr. “Oh – No!”

By Ron Pereira - June 28th, 2011

As I mentioned in a recent article I had the great honor of meeting Mr. Masaaki Imai, the founder of the Kaizen Institute and author of several lean related books. As it turns out, Mr. Imai knew Mr. Taiichi Ohno – the chief architect

Need your Website Design Help!

By Ron Pereira - June 26th, 2011

Hi LSS Academy friends! I need your help. We’ve recently launched a new Gemba Academy website and are looking for feedback. The “Product” page is a particularly important page on the site so I’d like to get yo

My Week with Mr. Masaaki Imai

By Ron Pereira - June 24th, 2011

Shortly after graduating from college, many moons ago, my Father gave me a book he promised would change my life. The book was called “KAIZEN: The Key to Japan’s Competitive Success” and was written by a man named Masaaki I

Gemba Glossary: 7 Wastes

By Ron Pereira - June 10th, 2011

In this edition of the Gemba Glossary we focus on the 7 Wastes. Click where it says “240p” to select a higher definition version of the video if you’d prefer. To access more than 150 additional lean training videos pl

What Challenges Are You Facing?

By Ron Pereira - June 7th, 2011

A quick question… what challenges are you currently facing as it relates to building a culture of continuous improvement within your organization? These challenges can be related to people, processes, or anything else in between.

Gemba Glossary: 5S

By Ron Pereira - May 31st, 2011

Gemba Academy has started a new series of free videos called the Gemba Glossary. These short, normally less than 2 minutes, videos will offer definitions and explanations of key lean terms. The first video in this series is focused

Total Productive Maintenace (TPM) Overview

By Ron Pereira - May 9th, 2011

If your company relies on machines and/or equipment of any kind to satisfy customer demand chances are extremely high that Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) could benefit you. With this said, I’m excited to announce that Gemba A

Make Lean Work For You!

By Ron Pereira - April 21st, 2011

I just got off the phone with a gentleman struggling to apply lean concepts in his workplace. This person — let’s call him Jeff — works in a distribution environment meaning he doesn’t produce widgets for a living. One

Leader Standard Work – Part 1

By Ron Pereira - March 18th, 2011

Here is part 1 (of 7) of Gemba Academy’s Leader Standard Work course. If you’re reading this via email or RSS reader you’ll likely need to click through to the website in order to watch the video.

10 Tips to Immediately Boost Productivity

By Ron Pereira - March 10th, 2011

Are you struggling to be productive today? We’ve all been there. Here are 10 tips that, if implemented, will give you an instant boost! And be sure to check out the related posts below this one for additional ideas. Work your

Free Seminar: Using 3P to Support Healthcare Facility Design

By Ron Pereira - March 8th, 2011

Gemba Academy, in collaboration with the Kaizen Institute and Qualis Health, is proud to announce a free seminar focused on Using 3P to Support Healthcare Facility Design in Seattle, Washington on March 17, 2011. Please see the attache

Is Little Caesar’s Lean?

By Ron Pereira - March 7th, 2011

A few weeks ago we discussed whether the use of a dishwasher was lean or full of waste. Well, last night I needed to pick up some Little Caesar’s pizzas for my soccer team. I needed to order several pizzas and wondered how lo

Celebrating 2 Years of Gemba Academy

By Jon Miller - March 3rd, 2011

In March of 2009 Kevin Meyer, Ron Pereira and I launched Gemba Academy as a new way to help people learn about kaizen and lean. We had no idea what to expect when the site first went live. All of our forecasts were wrong. Initially we

Room Service Menus Gone Bad

By Jon Miller - February 24th, 2011

Telling the business traveler “you are in an inviable position” is bold but may not be the best way to sell freshly squeezed orange juice for 5 Euro per glass. The definition of “inviable” is “unable to su

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