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“95 Thesis” on Kaizen Events and TPS

The Lean Thinker

That actually isn’t a bad analogy as I was advocating a pretty dramatic shift in the role of the kaizen workshop leaders. This was written four years before I first encountered Toyota Kata , and reflected my experience as a lean director operating within a $2billion slice of a global manufacturing company. Kaizen tools included.

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Dendro promises workshop safety and time savings

Logistics Business Magazine

Dendro says its DSS2 high and electric pallet truck revolutionises daily work in workshops by making work much easier, combined with a maximum increase in occupational safety. Another plus point is that installation at a specific work location in the workshop is not necessary; the DSS2 is used where it is needed.

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Optimize Compound, Workshop Vehicle Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

This collaboration aims to replace D’Ieteren’s former system with INFORM’s state-of-the-art software, enhancing efficiency and transparency across all vehicle logistics processes including Workshop and PDI. The post Optimize Compound, Workshop Vehicle Logistics appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. and over 1.2

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New workshop bringing together maintenance, technology and training experts

Fleet Owner

The day-long event brings together a strong team of maintenance, operations, technology and training experts to take on some of the toughest issues facing maintenance providers

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Answer these HR questions to strengthen your operation

Fleet Owner

During a recent NationaLease workshop, Elicia Torres, senior manager of administration at It’s a good idea to periodically review your hiring, on-boarding, training and performance evaluation process to assess how well you are doing in these areas.

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Selling in Tough Times with Nick Strober and Melanie Flores

The Logistics of Logistics

His contributions to marketing, HR administration, operations, and sales has helped land Lean Solutions on the INC. Lean Solutions Group is a nearshore service provider that provide back-office, operations, customer support, and technology services to over 500 logistics companies – and they are experts in check calls.

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A Period of Reflection and Learning

The Lean Thinker

From their model I think I picked out a fundamental failure mode of what we like to call “change initiatives” regardless of what tool set of operational models we are trying to deploy. introduced me to Ronald Heifetz and Martin Linsky’s body of work under the umbrella of “Adaptive Leadership.”