I’ve been working in the Logistics industry for the better part of a decade now, and I’ve finally been able to identify the arch nemesis of lean practice. This adversary is the least visible, yet in my opinion, the largest threat to the progression of our practice – the enemy of lean is the superhero. […]
Creating a lean warehouse (or distribution center) is not something you accomplish overnight. It takes vision, planning, strategy, tools and tactics. Relative to people, you need to develop team members into problem solvers and then provide a leadership infrastructure to support their efforts. Identifying and solving problems may seem basic; however experience would suggest it […]
Two months ago I accepted a position with LeanCor Supply Chain Group as a Lean Logistics Specialist. I was eager to jump into the logistics field. I felt I had the knowledge and skills that a young professional such as myself would need in order to be successful in the industry. Right from the beginning, […]
The Business Development team recently completed a 4-minute capabilities video to tell the LeanCor Supply Chain Group story: Check it out and let us know what you think! Posted by Kelley Dodd, Marketing Specialist at LeanCor Supply Chain Group. Related articles Special Post: Healing Supply Chain Pain (A Multi-Client Case Study) (leanlogisticsblog.leancor.com) 4 […]
Last week, a group of LeanCor team members volunteered for a local church clothing drive organized by Central Parkway Ministries. There were 80 boxes of clothing donated for 1500 needy families in the Greater Cincinnati area. Our duties consisted of removing tags, folding, and sorting by size and gender. The amount of clothing donated required […]
A few weeks ago I found myself faced with a major dilemma. Our team of developers were solely working on problem solving rather than planned projects. On a weekly basis, several company team members gather to exchange ideas and prioritize all software development projects across our company. Unfortunately, I found myself arriving to this meeting […]
5S is the five step process of organizing a workplace. The five steps include: Sort Set Shine Standardize Sustain Shortly after I began working at LeanCor in September, I learned that one of my duties would include conducting a daily 5S auditing process – consisting of a walk through the office and completion of an […]
Whether you’re getting dressed in the morning or completing a complex job within a manufacturing facility, the power of standard work can often be easily overlooked. When LeanCor opened its first lean sequence center in North Liberty, Iowa in the summer of 2008, the first task was to implement the house of lean. Stability is […]
Sort, Set, Shine, Standardize, Sustain. When discussing lean concepts, “5S” tops the list of the most known along with the likes of “Kaizen,” “Kanban,” “JIT,” and “Poka-Yoke.” Many educational resources are available to learn these concepts, such as the specialized guides available on LEI’s website http://www.lean.org. However, the vast majority of these guides frequently overlook […]
Football season has finally arrived and folks are once again engaged in weekly pigskin prognostication! Being a lean thinker and a huge football fan, I often have trouble watching a game without my lean eyes closely scrutinizing every process on the field. If you are a lean thinker and experience a similar dilemma, I would […]
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William (Beau) McCranie: Joe: I commend you on your balanced view of managers and your approach to trying to get them to see…
Michael Burchett: Good post. I actually wrote about another advantage of lean thinking in my personal blog recently (althought it was technically…
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