Introduction Every organization that pursues serious operational improvement eventually reaches a milestone worth celebrating. A major reduction in lead time. A quality breakthrough. An efficiency gain that took years to achieve. The team worked hard. The results are real. Recognition is appropriate. And that’s precisely when a particular leadership failure becomes most likely. I’ve spent…
It was happening every 1.1 seconds. At a manufacturing operation that stamped parts from rolled material, the process had an ergonomic problem baked into its design. As each part was stamped out of the roll, it needed to be manually popped free by an operator and stacked. Every 1.1 seconds. Hour after hour. Day after…
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The phrase “culture eats strategy for breakfast” is well known in business — and in manufacturing, it’s never more true than with continuous improvement. Because the truth is this: you can’t improve what you don’t culturally support. At CBS, we’ve seen too many companies launch lean programs, train their teams on kaizen events, and hang…
Organizational transformation is a continuous journey. The destination is the pursuit of perfection. Transformations require commitment, time and effort from all levels of the organization. Most companies begin the transformation process with the end in mind–improved performance, cost savings and engaged workforce … but, have they built a strong foundation to ensure success?
Read on to find out the key components that can help ensure successful change.
“Stick Rate” is a term often used to describe the ability of a change to a process to remain in place over time. There is no more evident and frustrating example of this than when companies attempt to implement a 5S program. Anyone in the manufacturing sector that has experienced a 5S program rollout will…
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