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New Free Video: How to Get Started with Lean

The first video in Gemba Academy’s new Gemba Talk series is "How to Get Started with Lean."

Watch it here:

This series will answer the most common questions we receive, and will remain free and won’t require registration. To ask a question, or view the second video (How Much Does a Lean Journey Cost?), go here

Thinking about enterprise-wide lean training in 2018?

Gemba Academy offers very flexible enterprise training programs so all of your sites can learn

Disclaimer: Much of this article is based on the PowerPoint presentation Operational Excellence: An Integrated Business Execution System developed by Operational Excellence Consulting.

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In "The Discipline of Market Leaders," Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema describe three distinct value propositions an organization can choose to compete in their market or industry:

1. Operational Excellence,
2. Product Leadership, and
3. Customer Intimacy.

The core of the book is based on five years of research by the T

I recently wrote this article for TheConsultantLounge.  You can read the original article here:  http://theconsultantlounge.com/2015/04/top-business-frameworks-for-management-consultants/.

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Business frameworks and methodologies may be a concept foreign to many business professionals, but it is one near and dear to all management consultants.  As a management consultant, you will either have used many of these, or at least know what they are so you can nod in agreement when others talk about

Disclaimer: Much of this article is based on the PowerPoint presentation Lean Thinking 101 developed by Operational Excellence Consulting.

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Lean Management is a management philosophy based on the Toyota Production System (TPS). This management philosophy was coined "Lean" only in the 1990s. The objective of Lean Thinking is to eliminate everything that does not add value (i.e. "waste") from the customer's perspective.

The general approach to Lean is learn-by-doing and to foster a culture of