Lean & 5's

Lean & 5S's in Construction #61

Dennis Sowards — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:52:58 -0600

Lean & 5S's in Construction

Newsletter #61 August 2010

Lean & 5S's in Construction #60

Dennis Sowards — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:36:01 -0600

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

Dennis Sowards — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:42:35 -0600

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

Dennis Sowards — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:54:03 -0600

Lean & 5S's in Construction

Newsletter #57 2010

Lean in Construction #56 March 2010

Dennis Sowards — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:12:00 -0600

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

Dennis Sowards — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:34:00 -0700

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

Dennis Sowards — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:57:13 -0700

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 #53

Dennis Sowards — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:43:50 -0700

Lean & 5S's in Construction #51

Dennis Sowards — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:27:21 -0700

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

Dennis Sowards — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:57:40 -0600

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.