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Lessons from my trip around the world

Lessons from my trip around the world Every year I promise myself I won’t take 3 week business trips anymore, and every year I break my promise. My recent trip took me interesting places: Poland, Israel, Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia. Both Poland and Philippines were new to me. Whenever I

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Open Court for Startups

Someone starts a business, maybe even get it really launched and see the seeds of progress. But where do they go for advice? The board serves that purpose, but in most small businesses and ventures they are too close to the fire to be truly objective. You could hire someone

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Key Measurements in Implementing Andon

I recently received a question about measuring andon, which I’ve extracted here: Based on your experience, when a company is trying to implement an “Andon” system, what are the key measurements you would use to evaluate the effectiveness of the escalation and help system?

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Welcome

Welcome to JamieFlinchbaugh.com, a project that has been a long time coming. I have been blogging since 2005 but as a guest blogger on various sites, particularly LeanBlog.org. I will continue to do so, but will share here more frequent content, links, stories, and news. You will hear mostly my

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Chasing the Rabbit: How Market Leaders Outdistance the Competition and How Great Companies Can Catch Up and Win

[amazon asin=B001JAHF30&template=iframe image] Author: Steven Spear Publication Date: 2008 Book Description: What's the key message? Steven Spear's years of observing Toyota and his studies of other companies, both successes and failures, have led him to distill a set of principles organizations can use to be more successful. Spear indicates that Read More

The Halo Effect

[amazon asin=0743291255&template=iframe image] Author: Phil Rosenzweig Publication Date: 2007 Book Description: What's the key message? The most popular and inspiring books on business success, like "Good to Great," "Authentic Leadership," and "In Search of Excellence," are based on faulty research and conclusions, says Phil Rosenzweig, formerly on the faculty of Read More

Lean Kaizen: A Simplified Approach to Process Improvements

[amazon asin=0873896890&template=iframe image] Author: George Alukai & Anthony Manos Publication Date: 2006 Book Description: What's the key message? This book is published by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and is based on the authors' work developing and delivering a two-day course in lean enterprise and an additional one-day course Read More

Taiichi Ohno’s Workplace Management

[amazon asin=0978638751&template=iframe image] Author: Taiichi Ohno, translated by Jon Miller Publication Date: 2007 Book Description: What's the key message? Taiichi Ohno's Workplace Management was directly written by Taiichi Ohno, founder of the Toyota Production System. Many of his writings were transcriptions and interpretations of the man himself, leaving the reader Read More

Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking

[amazon asin=1897363591&template=iframe image] Author: Shigeo Shingo Publication Date: 2007 Book Description: What's the key message? Kaisen and the Art of Creative Thinking is a new translation of a book Dr. Shingo wrote in 1958, but there is nothing outdated about it. Simple on the surface, the book may take several Read More

The Toyota Way Fieldbook

[amazon asin=0071448934&template=iframe image] Author: Jeffrey K. Liker and David Meier Publication Date: 2006 Book Description: What's the key message? While Jeffrey Liker's book The Toyota Way was an examination of the 14 Principles of the Toyota Way, it was not an explicit "how to" guide at a tactical level.  This Read More