Lean Institute Asia

07/02/2019

You might have heard of the following two idioms

"Seeing is Believing" and "Believing is Seeing"

Which of this is true? and why? We will like to hear your view.

07/02/2019

Lean Institute Asia wishes everyone a Happy Chineses New Year 2019! May the year of the pig brings happiness, good health, peace and prosperity to you and your family. 恭喜发财!

29/01/2019

Renowned leadership guru, John Maxwell, once quoted "The Secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda". From our LEAN implementation experience, for an organization, it is analogous to the team daily management. Daily management is a daily performance dialogue where the team gets together to visually review their daily team goals to continuously improve their day to day work. Hence for us, The secret of your organization success is determined by your team daily management". Are your team daily agenda linked to your business strategy? Are your team daily agenda driving constant learning and improvement? Without an effective daily management system, success will be elusive to the most organization.

28/01/2019

Lean 5S Transformation at home? Marie Kondo, a decluttering guru, has created a sensation and following through her Netflix Show - KonMari Method of decluttering which helps people tidy up their home. How different is this from the 5S methodology in Lean Toyota Production System? Is this something new? Kondo proposed to sort items based on if it "spark joy", is this different from Lean 5S Sorting approach? We will like to hear from you
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/a25570548/tidying-up-with-marie-kondo-air-date-episodes-cast/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_iCD-TbjNc

Here's what you need to know about Tidying Up With Marie Kondo

02/01/2019

Lean Institute Asia wishes everyone a Happy New Year 2019! May the new year bring happiness, good health, peace and prosperity to you and your family

19/10/2018

Never underestimate those small waste that you observe in your organization. Like what Benjamin Franklin has said, "A small leak will sink a great ship". When your employees start normalizing the deviation in the process and waste in the organization. No matter how great is your organization it will sink!

18/10/2018

Are you constantly late for work because you spend too much time spreading your favorite butter/jam on your bread? What if you can spread them better and faster? The LEAN butter spreader

The Offundo Butter Spreader will do the job in one fifth of the time that it would take to spread the conventional way with a knife. Saving you MONEY and TIME

16/10/2018

One of the common questions that were asked by our Lean Six Sigma students and clients is "what is the difference between variety and variation?"

15/10/2018

Kaizen the secret behind Japanese productivity? watch this classic video

Web Japan http://web-japan.org/

14/10/2018

LEAN / Kaizen / Continuous Improvement is NOT possible if there is no continuous learning. Continuous learning is not possible if one thinks he/she knows it all. Creating a culture where employee constantly learns, apply what they learn and create something from their knowledge is critical to the success of any organization. https://leaninstituteasia.com/lean-six-sigma-training/

11/10/2018

The usual misconception about implementing LEAN is we will turn the employee into robots! "If we implement standard work we will be stifling our employees' creativity, we do want our employee work like a robot!" Contrary to that standard work is the foundation of improvement. It is the current best-known way of working. It does not mean it will be the future best way of working. Standard work has to be constantly evaluated to determine its relevancy in meeting the process requirement. If you will like to learn more about us visit us at www.leaninstituteasia.com

10/10/2018

LEAN / Kaizen Leaders focused on consistent performance. They encourage their employee never stop to learn (similar Chinese idiom 学无止境 mentioned in Qing Dynasty). They encourage the employee to take on new challenges. They listen to employee and customers. These are the standard work of the LEAN / Kaizen leaders. Time-tested and relevant in through eras. Read how an electrical, IT and furniture retailer is embracing the philosophy.

HR has a seat at all my business-critical meetings. They are an integral part of the business and our biggest asset, says the seasoned leader.