How To Reduce Over-Production
How do you reduce over-production? The basic rule is simple: Before producing something, check if it adds value.Click To Tweet It is best not to reduce over-produced results, because then the damage...
View ArticleAttack the Root Cause, Not the Symptoms
When something is causing us trouble, the natural reaction is to fix it quickly. Such troubles can be waste, as discussed earlier, but a lot of other things can go wrong, too. Unfortunately, just...
View ArticleDon’t Make Assumptions
Finding the root cause for a problem starts with a thorough analysis of a situation as it is right now. Attacking the symptoms is a sign for lazy thinking. My water tap example was a little too simple...
View ArticleLean Chicken Incident
One standard method of Lean to find root causes of a problem is the “5 Why” method. It is quite simple: If you face a problem, ask yourself why often enough to find the real reason.Click To Tweet Let...
View ArticleWhat was the Root Cause? (Exercise)
Exercise 16: Pick one of the following examples or something that happened in the recent past and try “5 Why.” Unpaid bills Forgotten to-dos A car accident A quarrel at home or at work Bad grades in an...
View ArticleFishy Affairs (Finding Complex Root Causes)
Even if complex problems need a more detailed analysis, we want to find a way of writing down the results easily. This is what fishbone diagrams are for. With fishbone diagrams, you can analyze...
View ArticleRoot out of Reach
Although it is a good idea to dig deeply in order to find root causes, you can go too deep. When you dig to deep, a root value analysis becomes useless.Click To Tweet If you come to root causes...
View ArticleDigging Deeper (Exercise)
Exercise 17: Choose a major problem you have had in the last six months and draw a fishbone diagram to analyze it. Start with a good problem statement.Click To Tweet You can use the (standard)...
View ArticleTime is not Money – Time is Life
Everybody knows it. Time that has past cannot be replenished. What is gone is gone. But who acts according to this knowledge? I have no scientific statistics to back this claim up, but I dare to say:...
View ArticleThe Mythology Of Management Seems To Start in First Grade
Today I present a post by Mike Stoecklein. Thank you to Mike that he alows me to republish this here. I still remember some things from when I was in kindergarten. My teacher was Mrs. Sears. We took...
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