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Below is a selection of Lean related articles written by Graham Ross. They cover many aspects of creating a Lean organisation using the kaizen methodology. Just click on the links below to get access to the complete article. They contain many improvement ideas you can use straight away. Enjoy.....

Articles by Date | Articles by Topics

 

 

2010 Article Title
Oct Standing in the Circle (Guest Article) 
Aug Lean Training 3 tips for Lean Research 
Jul 6 Sigma for Simpletons
Jun Use a Shadow Board and Save on Searching Time 
May The Lean Manager, Getting Started
Apr Fourteen Tips to Help You Sustain the 5S 
Mar How to Balance Your Process Using Takt Time and Cycle Time 
Feb Use Blue Tags to Create an Efficient Work Place 
Jan Introduction to 2P, Process Preparation 
   
2009 Article Title
   
Nov How Clean is Your Process?
Oct Become a Lean Expert in Evaluation of the Current Condition
Aug 5S your Computer
Jul Kaizen Blitz Resources Check List
Jun Ten Useful On Line Resources for Lean Thinkers
May Ten Practical Lean Facilitator Tips
Apr Nine ways to improve your work life 
Mar Survival of the Leanest
Feb Lean - The Golden Ticket- Measuring Lead Time
Jan Perfect Personal Productivity
2008  Article Title
Nov Kaizen Newspaper

Oct

5Ws and 1H

Sep

Self Improvement -Improve Your Memory

Aug

Impact Analysis

July

Lean Reality - Understand the Current Condition Before You Take Action

Jun

Defeating Procrastination

May

Value Stream Mapping Step by Step (Part2)

Apr

Value Stream Mapping Introduction (Part1)

Mar

Measuring Cycle Time

Feb

Identifying the seven wastes

Jan

The Toyota Way

2007   Article Title

Dec

Lean Planning Tool

Nov

Theory of Constraints

Oct

Visual Management

Sep

Spider Diagrams

Aug

Quality Circles

Jul

The Fishbone Diagram

Jun

The Spaghetti Diagram

May

Measurement for Continuous Improvement

Apr

Stationery waste | it's all around us

Mar

Poka Yoke the Office

Feb

The seven classic office wastes

Jan

10 top tips, to help you achieve more



 

 
2006   Article Title
Dec Kaizen technique - Waste Identification

Nov

Key Issue Identification
Oct Kanban..what is it?
Sep Kaizen blitz.. what is it?
Aug Continuous Improvement Culture
Jul Process Mapping .. try it
Jun Pareto Analysis .. the vital few
May Improve yourself with Mind Mapping
Apr E-mail waste
Mar

Standard Work :No Standards ..No Improvement

Feb The 5 Whys
Jan Top 4 tips for sustaining improvement
 
2005 Article Title
Nov

Red tags aren't just for Christmas

Oct Meetings can be a source of wasted time
Sep Lean jargon buster
Aug Fear of failure
Jul

Getting Lean : It doesn't need to be this way

Jun

Top 7 tips for reducing lead time

May What is Takt Time?
Apr What is 5S?
Mar What is Lean kaizen ?