White Papers

Bridging the Gap Between Technology & the Organization
An examination of basic, non-negotiable truths about project management, technology change, social dynamics, human behavior and leadership.

Creating Lean Leaders
Lean organizations are not just traditionally run organizations that operate more effectively than in the past. They are radically different in structure, methods and day-to-day management.

Defining World-Class Practices
An alternative to traditional benchmarking that achieves consensus and alignment, enabling leaders from every functional area to look inward and compare their organization's performance to known standards.

Integrated Product Development
IPD is not a discrete tool or system; it is a philosophy of work and people that employs a set of best practices and methods. When properly implemented, IPD creates a formidable competitive advantage.

Integrating Lean and Six Sigma
Lean installs a philosophy and practice of waste reduction. Six Sigma attacks problems with a range of statistically based, problem solving tools. Here's how to get the best of both.

Leading Purposeful Change with the Lean Daily Management System®
A successful Lean implementation requires that the management system be designed so that leaders at all levels keep problems and needs visible and that they build plan-do-check-adjust (PDCA) thinking and actions into everyone's work.

Modifying Organizations for Improved Performance
Organizations are incredibly complex but also very predictable once you understand their dynamics. And, they are always difficult to change. In short, an organization is a great deal like a person.

Office Kaizen
Office Kaizen is an approach to systematically creating a culture of effective communication, proactive issue resolution, waste elimination, and continuous improvement.

Process Mapping
Process mapping helps us visualize that cycle of learning and reveals how work is performed. When we can see work processes clearly, we can identify opportunities for rapid improvement and introduce best practices. Effective mapping shows us how products and services flow and paves the way to sustainable improvement.

Reducing Maintenance Costs - A Manageable Journey
The evolution to maintenance excellence in any organization is dynamic. It involves implementing new methods and advancing technologies, as well as instilling into the organization the skills required to learn and effectively use them.

Special Considerations for Rapid Improvement in Office Kaizen
The Rapid Improvement Event (RIE) is an affective implementation technique that is regularly employed as a mechanism for accelerating results. It is a fundamental approach that must be part of any successful change initiative.

WIn-Lean® Manufacturing
Lean manufacturing, or Lean, is an integrated leadership philosophy, management system and set of tactical methods / tools that focuses on creating an operation with minimal amounts of non value-added activity.