What Peas Can Teach You About Process
You know you have many miles to travel when it comes to improving your business processes, but you’re likely wondering where to start. If… Read More »What Peas Can Teach You About Process
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The Recipe for My Secret Sauce
No, this isn’t a special holiday cooking edition of the LeanBP Blog! To celebrate the season, I thought I’d share with you the formula… Read More »The Recipe for My Secret Sauce
Lean Your Invoicing for a Quick Win
Congratulations! Your organization did the thing you set out to do. Whether that thing was a product or a service, you marketed it, made it,… Read More »Lean Your Invoicing for a Quick Win
10 Great Summer Reads from LeanBP
July and December are slow months for training, so that’s when I take the time to dive deeper into my course materials and take stock… Read More »10 Great Summer Reads from LeanBP
Are You Marching to the Beat of the Wrong Drum?
In the business office, we often tend to think of the deliverables we produce in terms of a rate. For example, we might have… Read More »Are You Marching to the Beat of the Wrong Drum?
Cut the Noise and Tame the Common Cause (Part Two of Two)
In my last post, I laid out the difference between special cause and common cause variation. Why is it important to know the difference? Because… Read More »Cut the Noise and Tame the Common Cause (Part Two of Two)
Three Warning Signs Your Process Improvement Effort Will Fail
“Constraint: anything that limits a system from achieving higher performance versus its goal.” —Eli Goldratt, What Is This Thing Called Theory of Constraints and How Should… Read More »Three Warning Signs Your Process Improvement Effort Will Fail
The Hidden Truth About Lean
It’s hard to imagine where manufacturing would be today if not for lean tools. The impact of lean on production processes over the last 30… Read More »The Hidden Truth About Lean
Welcome to the LeanBP Blog!
Applying lean principles to business processes is my passion. It’s a methodology I’ve developed over the course of my career, and one whose principles I… Read More »Welcome to the LeanBP Blog!