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Visual Management – Part 6 – Limited Work In Progress
A brief visual management tactic born out of Kanban: Limited Work In Progress. Our teams have been limiting their work in progress for a good while now to great benefit. To visualise these limits we place physical Work In Progress … Continue reading
Visual Management – Part 5 – Zombie Cycle Time
One of our teams had issues with long cycle times. In an effort to reduce cycle times, Luke Smallwood, a colleague of ours devised the babyzombie sticker to visualise the problem: Every day, for every `in progress` card, someone replaces … Continue reading
Visual Management – Part 4 – Colours
Specialisation in Generalism When working in cross-functional teams, try to reduce the dependency on “specialists”. Whatever your definition of specialists: tend towards generalists. In other words: everyone being able to chip in. Nobody owns a castle. This doesn’t mean that … Continue reading
Visual Management – Part 2 – Faces
In our last blog post regarding the good old task board, we covered the basic premise of Visual Management: “Use visual control so no problems are hidden” We covered visualising workflow and the work items through that flow – such … Continue reading
Visual Management – Part 1 – The good old Task Board
We live visual management. It’s one of the core principles of the Toyota Production System – and probably up there as the most important of our 14 Principles. “Use visual control so no problems are hidden” We live visual management … Continue reading
It’s not about starting, it’s about finishing
Many aspects of Lean thinking seem counterintuitive at first. Take “pull” for instance. In a Lean system work is pulled through the system to meet a customer’s request for value. Depending on the business you are in that value could … Continue reading
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