synchrono

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Successful projects start with buy-in from the top and an eKanban initiative is no exception. Let your leaders know project success is accelerated through gaining universal buy-in. (If Corporate leadership sponsored and evangelized the project, but we still needed buy-in at the local plant level.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. This issue is that the orders have inherent order latency (The time for customer purchases to translate to manufacturing orders). There is also no Santa Claus. Outside-in.

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synchrono

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

In this final entry, my focus turns to continuous improvement. This is the start to the continuous improvement process. Through patient listening, you’ll receive good – and sometimes surprising – process feedback that can lead to key quality and performance improvements. Go Mountain Climbing.

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synchrono

DECEMBER 18, 2017

So, once you have universal buy-in on the project (see Guest Blog1: Real-world Advice for Getting Started on eKanban ), the first step toward execution is to develop a good process, or value-stream map. Next time, I’ll address post-implementation strategies of “listening to the process” and focused continuous improvement.

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