Getting Real with Operational Excellence
Operational Excellence 2.0 ™ Let me tell you a little bit about how the puzzle pieces come together to be one system that really can change your business. I want to show you a model here that has become somewhat of our trademark. When we talk about Operational...
When the work climate feels Humid and Hot Future Leaders Rise
Two types of climate I was out walking here on the BeltLine in Atlanta, the East BeltLine. It's different than the west, there are two different ones, so the east one has a bit more hip stuff going on. the west one is calmer and more for people walking or exercising....
The Countermeasure Ladder
Let me tell you a story about what happened to me when I was working with my customer one day. They were lacking a system for safety of making sure that they knew how many people were on site if something happened. So, we discussed this a little bit back and forth,...
It’s a wrap
Team Close, time to hold the gains Assuming that you have been running the team for 12 weeks, we are now in week 12 and it is time to close the team. I always recommend that you will aim to close the team at 12 weeks even though you are not ready. My thinking behind...
Taking Charge of Your Change
What's your state of mind right now? Do you think about that to adjust it to the most helpful mind-set or does it just happen to you? There are obviously different people in the world and to make my life simpler, or at least simpler to explain, I divided them in to...
AskLDI AudioBook – Leading Effective Improvement Teams
AskLDI Case Studies – Medical Equipment Production Kaizen
We are a $400 million medical equipment business company and our plant that produces products for the USA market. The production line was losing parts that dropped on the floor. Our conveyor belts develop static electricity that makes the parts tick and not...
AskLDI Case Studies – Manufacturing Sector Short Stop Reduction
Analysis of the production system resulted in the identification of output from the manufacturing area is too low. Further drill down analysis identified that short stops was a chronic problem. Short stops made up to a total of 18% lost production with 50% of the...
AskLDI Case Studies – Manufacturing Sector Medical Equipment
Our business was the manufacture of medical equipment. The output from the manufacturing area was not at expected levels and the product variation was high. More sales were not realized since the customers could purchase more products then we could manufacture. The...
AskLDI Case Studies – Health Care Region Elderly Care
This community owned non-profit system was having problems delivering support to the elderly people in their care. The elderly lived in their own homes and received a visit from a Nurse to provide medical, food, cleaning, etc. Typically a nurse was spending 2 hours...