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Lean Quickies 



 

 


I’ve called this the Lean Quickies Section, because it contains, short bite size pieces of information
about "Lean Thinking" that I hope you find interesting, entertaining and informative.

Do check back regularly as I will be adding new ‘Quickies’ on a regular basis. You never know, just
implementing one of these small ideas could have a big impact for you, and your organisation.

Enjoy..

Value Stream Mapping Symbols
by Graham Ross

Value Stream Mapping SymbolsCheck out this useful Value Stream Mapping font set:

Here is the link: http://www.ambor.com/public/vsm/vsmfont.html

 


 

Inspirational Quotations
by Graham Ross

 
Graham's favourite Lean QuotesEver looked for an inspirational quote. Well I've put together a selection of my favourites just
for you....

Here is the link: quotes



 

Takt Time Calculator
by Graham Ross

Takt Time Calculator

 

My colleague Barry Jeffrey, co-author of the handy pocket book
Tools for Success, has provided this useful takt time calculator
for you to use. 

Download the file at this link: Takt Time Calculator

Value Add
by Graham Ross

 

Value Add Ideas
The idea of Value Add vs Non Value
add is an important aspect
of Lean Thnking......

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Quality, Cost and Delivery
by Graham Ross

 


Quality Cost & DeliveryIt doesn’t matter what type of organisation you work for, there are
three things that you need
to excel at...

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Walking the Gemba
by Graham Ross


Walk the GembaI’d like you to participate in a small experiment
 
that will help you uncover waste.

read more

 


 

Kaizen Blitz Team Selection Tip
by Graham Ross

 

 Kaizen Blitz Team Selection


Learn a quick tip about selecting team members for

a kaizen blitz event
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Lean Kaizen Word Search
by Graham Ross 
 

Lean Word Search

Have a go at this difficult word search to check

out these important Lean words word search

 

 


How To Recognise Over Processing Waste
by Graham Ross 



Over Processing WasteOf all of the “seven classic wastes” in Lean thinking,
this is the
one that I find  people have the most
difficulty understanding.

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Ten Lean Implementation Mistakes To Avoid

by Graham Ross

 

Lean erros to avoid

Find out about Ten Lean Implementation errors to avoid
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