Waste is bad!
According to Lean (Kaizen) philosophy, waste (muda)elimination represents one of the essential activities of profit management. The Japanese word muda (waste) means waste of material, time and any other activity which is not adding value. According to this philosophy in each company there are just two type of activities : ones adding value and […]
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Trust, respect and recognition !
Teen years ago, I used to travel every week from Europe to different destinations in Africa, Asia and Middle East for business purpose. In those days, I was responsible for a large number of factories for foods, personal care and home care products –FMCG industry. The geography, where I used to operate, was very large […]
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If it’s not simple, it is not Lean!
When a company decided to implement a Kaizen system, very often the management team expects immediate dramatic improvement with direct impact to bottom line of their P&L. In every meeting they asked their team about progress and become nervous when they still cannot see the positive impact on their results. However, the same top managers […]
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