Lean & 5's
Lean & 5S's in Construction #61
Submitted by Dennis Sowards on 24 August 2010 - 7:52pm.Lean & 5S's in Construction
Newsletter #61 August 2010
Lean & 5S's in Construction #60
Submitted by Dennis Sowards on 28 July 2010 - 12:36am.Newsletter #60 July 2010
This e-newsletter is written by Dennis Sowards to share ideas on the 5S’s and Lean practices especially as they are applied in construction. If you have ideas or lessons learned to share please contact me.
Lean & 5S's in Construction #59
Submitted by Dennis Sowards on 3 July 2010 - 2:42pm.June 2010
This e-newsletter is written by Dennis Sowards to share ideas on the 5S’s and Lean practices especially as they are applied in construction. If you have ideas or lessons learned to share please contact me.
Lean & 5S's in Construction #57
Submitted by Dennis Sowards on 20 May 2010 - 11:54am.Lean & 5S's in Construction
Newsletter #57 2010
This e-newsletter is written by Dennis Sowards to share ideas on the 5S’s and Lean practices especially as they are applied in construction. If you have ideas or lessons learned to share please contact me.
Lean in Construction #56 March 2010
Submitted by Dennis Sowards on 13 April 2010 - 2:12pm.Lean in the Office & Support Functions
Michael Ballé, author of The Lean Manager and The Gold Mine, writes about doing Lean in the office and about a commitment to do Lean which also applies to Lean in field operations. Much of what he discusses can be applied to all construction support functions.
Lean & 5S's in Construction #55
Submitted by Dennis Sowards on 24 February 2010 - 2:34pm.Toyota and Lean
Since Toyota is usually referenced for great Lean examples and has received much negative news lately, sharing some viewpoints from Lean leaders might add perspective.
Lean & 5S's in Construction #54
Submitted by Dennis Sowards on 5 February 2010 - 12:57pm.Lean in the Office - Shortening the closing cycle
A company implementing Lean, examined its month-end closing process as part of the lean office initiative as well. They went from 5 days to 2.5 days close. Following are some wastes they were able to identify and eliminate:
Lean & 5S's in Construction #51
Submitted by Dennis Sowards on 3 December 2009 - 3:27pm.This e-newsletter is written by Dennis Sowards to share ideas on the 5S’s and Lean practices especially as they are applied in construction. If you have ideas or lessons learned to share please contact me.
MUDA Walk for a Month
Lean & 5S's in Construction #50
Submitted by Dennis Sowards on 12 October 2009 - 8:57pm.Lean Leadership
I tell people that all employees are managers – they manage at least one person. BUT not all employees are leaders. We need Lean Leaders. John Shook, Lean guru and Senior Advisor of the Lean Enterprise Institute gave a keynote address at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference in Nashville. He had much food for thought on leadership.


