The 2013 #Masters: Coaching Is Auditing AND Facilitating Improvement TAGS: audit | auditing | augusta national golf club | benefit | coach | coaching | continuous improvement | georgia | improvement | lean blitz consulting | masters | operations | process | project | punitive | quality | sports | standards | zach johnson | zack johnson Masters Week is finally here! All of the golf world has descended upon Augusta, Georgia for April 8-14 for the 2013 Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. The Masters …Continue reading →

What is Lean vs. Six Sigma vs. Kaizen? TAGS: blitz | condiments | consulting | continuous improvement | control chart | difference | kaizen | lean | operations | process | project | six sigma | sports | toyota way | wastes Questions I’m asked often – by potential clients and colleagues and friends alike – center around Lean versus Six Sigma, and versus Kaizen. What are the differences between them? When …Continue reading →

Lean is a Revenue Driver TAGS: american | asq | black belt | blower | briggs | certification | constrained | continuous improvement | customer | cycle time | defect | driver | eliminate | engineer | flywheel | lean | lean blitz consulting | lean is | machines | margin | operator | processes | project | quality | revenue | schedule | six sigma | society | standardization | stratton | thomson plastics | time studies | tonnage Lean is obviously a lot more than just elimination of waste activities in processes. It has the power to impact other areas of operations. One of the projects I managed …Continue reading →

How Do We Establish A Standardized Process? TAGS: best | blitz | communicate | communication | continuous | customer | documentation | documented | implement | improvement | lean | measure | necessary | note | operations | optimization | paper | post-it note | practice | predict | process | project | require | simplified | six sigma | sports | standardized | sticky | time-based | work I’ve posted a lot recently about the importance of implementing a standardized process – the ability to audit and measure, the ease of implementing improvements across the board, establishment of …Continue reading →