Manufacturing
The soft stuff is the hard stuff
Whoever coined the phrase “the soft stuff is the hard stuff” sure knew what he was talking about. Over the past 20 years Lean Ireland consultants have had the pleasure and privilege of consulting with…
Lean Thinking – How enlightened are you?
Whether we are aware of it or not we live our lives, at work and at play, at different levels of consciousness. In the workplace, we graduate through 4 different levels of conscious lean management,…
70 years of IDA Support – A Reflection on Ireland’s Global Trade Success
My mother, Mary Rushe, was born in 1927, the year in which the state-owned Electricity Supply Board (ESB) was established. A farmer’s daughter, she witnessed technical and economic upheaval such as rural electrification and the…
Is your organisation living Lean Values?
For many years now we have been supplied with a rich volume of literature, much of it originating in the United States, on lean practices and principles as exemplified by the Toyota organisation. From ‘Lean…
The role of the contract Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Black Belt The Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (BB) is a professional who is well versed in the Lean Six Sigma methodology, who leads improvement projects, typically in a full-time role. A Lean Six…
Attracting (and keeping) the right customer – The software industry in Ireland
The major difference between a person with a lean mindset and one who has not, is that the lean head is always asking ‘Who is my customer?’, ‘What does my customer want?’ and ‘Do I…