From Furniture to Farms: How One Leader Brought Lean Thinking to Livestock
Explore how Lean Thinking transformed operations at Christensen Farms, redefining leadership and efficiency in the pork industry.
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Culture Eats Kaizen for Breakfast: Why Continuous Improvement Starts with People
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…
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5 Keys To Successful Business Transformation
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.
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5S: The Fifth “S” and Why It Should Be the First…
“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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Utilization of Business Diagnostic to Help Launch/Accelerate Your Improvement Strategy
Many companies that are looking to start a Continuous Improvement program know that they need to drive improvement but are unsure of where to start.
