Understanding the Basics of Quality Systems
Lean East explains quality system principles, terms, and methodologies to help you understand the basics of quality systems.
To Err is Human: The Science of Failing Well
Lean East shares a summary of Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well by Harvard Business School Professor Amy Edmondson.
How to Grow Company Culture By Improving Onboarding
Lean East teaches you how to grow company culture by improving onboarding and orientation processes – making sure all new employees understand the culture and add to it quickly.
Using 5 Whys for Root Cause Analysis in Lean
The Lean East team shares how to use the 5 Whys for Root Cause Analysis in Lean and provides a few examples.
Benefits of Poka-Yoke Mistake Proofing
The Lean East team shares a few techniques and advantages of Poka-Yoke, the Japanese term for mistake proofing.
Crash Course on the Many Organizational Improvement Methodologies
The Lean East team shares a crash course on the many organizational improvement methodologies and when to apply them.
Benefits of the Lean East PERFORMANCE™ Process
The Lean East team shares the steps in our PERFORMANCE™ Process and three reasons why this process works so well.
Why Six Sigma Methodology Has a Bad Rap
The Lean East team shares an introduction to Six Sigma Methodology and why it has a bad rap.
Time Management Principles and Lean
The Lean East team shares some of the similarities between Stephen Covey’s principles of time management and Lean thinking.
Noise is a Flaw in Human Judgment, but it is Not New!
We summarize the key points in “Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment” by Kahneman. Lean Six Sigma methods also reduce variation and remove noise.
