FrenchLean manufacturing consultancy: an outsider’s view.
Lego Building for team work and learning about production
Share: A few weeks ago I took on a marketing role with EMS Cognito and decided the best way to understand what we do is […]
Read moreSpring into action with Workplace Organisation
declutter with improvement tool 5S
Share: Going for a walk at the weekend I was reminded that winter is almost over and spring is trying to emerge. I find this […]
Read moreGood Operations Teams Succeed?
Share: “Well done everybody! Really pulled that out of the bag there!” “Thank you team! Great effort to meet targets there.” “Curry on me […]
Read moreThe Role of a Manager in a Lean Company
Share: The role of the manager sees the largest change when a company starts to implement lean. This can be very unsettling as the manager […]
Read moreBend over here it comes again! BOHICA: An introduction to introducing something new.
Share: “Oh no, they are back, the managers have been in a room for a day and now they are smiling, I bet I will […]
Read moreFacilities Management – Early adopters of Lean RCM will be the winners
Facilities Management providers have yet to adopt a Lean RCM approach and are missing a golden opportunity to double their profit margins. However not all the facilities management companies can realise this opportunity as only those first past the post will get a share of the benefits.
Read moreHow Root Cause Analysis can help predict the future?
I am often asked “Is the right strategy to start applying root cause analysis at the beginning of an improvement journey and get some quick wins or wait until a thorough reliability strategy is in place to reduce the need for root cause analysis”… In other words, is it better to let the equipment fail and learn from that or put more effort into preventing the failures in the first place?
Read moreTackling Resistance to Change – Is your organisation ready?
Millions of pounds are invested annually in change programmes – in process improvements, lean transformation and asset reliability – all in pursuit of cost reduction, improved efficiency and longer-term profitability.
But, before you embark on a costly, if necessary, change exercise you may want to find out to what extent the people in your organisation are ready for it. After all, they are the ones who need to understand the reasons behind your change effort so that they can embrace your ideas and implement them. To be sustainable, change needs to happen across all levels of an organisation. It is only by opening up lines of communication between practitioners and managers and between different functions that attitudes can change and new ways of working can be adopted.
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