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Case Study – Kanban board for a purchasing & import department

Posted on 26/06/201431/10/2018 by Christian Gut

Kanban boards were originally invented as tool to link the information flow between work cells, but in the last couple of years this concept had been adapted to steer the delivery of IT teams. However, it may also be used to facilitate the coordination efforts for a purchasing & import department, as I like to show in…

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WIP limits matter

Posted on 07/06/201431/10/2018 by Christian Gut

One objective of Lean should be a continuous reduction of inventory levels. But while there seems to be a common understanding about the benefits of low inventory levels in manufacturing, the folks in indirect areas often refuse to embrace the idea of WIP limits. In fact, indirect areas process so much projects, tasks and activities in…

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7 types of waste in Lean Manufacturing and Lean Services/Lean IT

Posted on 15/05/201431/10/2018 by Christian Gut

How does Lean Services/Lean IT differ from Lean Manufacturing? Do we actually have the same types of waste? While everyone is comfortable with the 7 types of waste in Lean Manufacturing, there seems to be a lot of confusion regarding the classification of waste in the service and IT sector.  I often hear comments that the…

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Graphic: 7 types of waste in services/IT

Posted on 13/05/201431/10/2018 by Christian Gut

A simple illustration of the 7 types of waste in Lean Services: Overproduction, Handover, Searches/Movement, Overprocessing, Waiting, Backlog, Errors.

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