How to improve business capacity without increasing overheads using Lean Transformation
What if I said there is a way to improve the capacity in your business by up to 30%, without increasing your overheads? You would say I’m wrong, not even possible. There must be a catch; I need to pay for an expensive machine, or software to get a return on investment (ROI) of that…
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Leader realises it’s all about a culture of continuous improvement for successful businesses
Clarence Plug is the Manager of ModernForm Doors, a Perth based vinyl-wrap and painted cabinet door manufacturing business. A background in Construction has not stopped the energetic Leader from taking on the challenging role of turning around the business, recently acquired by their main competitor in the industry. “This programme started at the right…
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Production Manager gets big gains from the Makoto Capability Program
Maurits Faas, Production Manager from Character Group, a leading mass manufacturer of bespoke cabinetry and stone benchtops for the construction industry, recently sat down with us to discuss the benefits of being in the Makoto Capability Program. First, he told us about the unique challenges of Character Group “The Character Group as a company- …
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Leadership Part 6: The big picture of implementing leader standards in your business
So I’m going to wrap up this series of blogs on leader standards, and also show you a big picture on how it applies to the business. A business is obviously made up of silos, whether we’d like to believe that silos are there or not- we’ve got to acknowledge that there are some…
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Leadership Part 5: Talking points for leaders that promote Lean and Kaizen
Let’s talk a bit about important talking points for leaders. This is a big deal! Sometimes leaders are not sure what they should be talking about within different levels of the business or with different people in the business, so I’d like to give you a bit of an insight into what I would consider…
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Leadership Part 4: What should a leader standardise?
Let’s take a further look at standard work for leaders. What are the impacts a leader has when effectively implementing their standard work and daily management checks throughout their day? What should a leader standardise? Well, there are just a few simple things: Leaders have many conflicting schedules and challenges throughout their day – so…
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Leadership Part 3: Leaders and leader standard work in a Lean environment
What do leaders and Leader Standard Work look like in a Lean environment? Well, first I’m going to talk a little bit about three warlords that ruled over Japan hundreds of years ago- and stay with me- you’ll understand why in a moment! So, these three warlords, in successive years managed to unify the country…
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Leadership Part 2: Leaders focus on a Lean implementation as a culture and change management piece
Let’s continue the conversation around leader standards, leader standard work, and how leaders should conduct themselves. Previously I spoke about truth, trust, sincerity, and how leading with these values will generate fun and therefore motivation in the business. Another point I’d like to recap on is that leaders should keep a bit of perspective…
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Leadership Part 1: How Lean and Kaizen support continuous improvement and impact the leadership style in your business
I wanted to share with you my thoughts in relation to Lean and Kaizen, and I hope that my point of view is something that you might be able to make use of and perhaps apply at your workplace. So I wanted to talk about leadership, in the Lean and Kaizen environment, and just a…
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COVID Compliant Business Part 4: Communication and Collaboration
So this is the final part of the COVID Compliant Business discussion. It’s time to look at the importance of communicating and collaborating with your team. Employee engagement and employee buy-in at this time are critical to your success There is no way, as a business owner or a business or department manager, that…
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