AUTHOR

Paul Dunlop

Stories by Paul


lean management

How do the Lean tools and principles connect?

The array of lean tools and concepts can be quite overwhelming. We explain how these continuous improvement elements connect and fit together.

Continuous Improvement Planning: A Key Step

It is a simple, but often overlooked, critical step in the improvement process. Read why we must focus on continuous improvement planning for success.

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Keeping Lean Simple

All too often when challenged to make improvement in our process environment we look for the complicated ‘shiny objects’. We discuss keeping lean...

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The Power of A3 Thinking

Approach improvement utilising A3 methodology to support your improvement cycles. We discuss A3 thinking & how to achieve problem solving success.

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The Control Chart: Mapping Process Behaviour

The control chart (or process behaviour chart) is one of several visual tools typically applied to quality control analysis. We discuss how to use it.

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Defining the PDCA Cycle

Here's your definitive guide to the Plan, Do, Check, Adjust (PDCA) cycle - one of the pillars of Lean, continuous improvement and operational...