Category: Lean

  • Analysis of Lean Six Sigma

    This is a post in my organizing “between and beyond” series. Other posts are here. The purpose of this post is to provide a high level analysis of Lean Six Sigma. BackgroundI first encountered Lean Six Sigma (L6S) two years ago (2017). This post is based on my L6S Yellow Belt and L6S Green Belt…

  • Respect for people

    This is a post in my organizing “between and beyond” series. Other posts are here. The purpose of this post is to explore Bob Emiliani’s emphasis on Respect for People.1 Introduction Bob Emiliani has written several books and papers where he presents Lean as a management system. He describes the interplay between the Continuous Improvement…

  • Bob Emiliani on Scientific Management and Toyota Management

    Bob Emiliani is a professor of Lean Management. Here is his post on the historical parallels between Scientific Management 100 years ago and Toyota Management today. People flocked to Scientific Management to become consultants. They would then install something similar in appearance to Scientific Management. Soon an efficiency movement was born, which installed dilutions of…