Process is not a Part Time Pass Time

Process is not a part time pass time. Rather it is way to survive and sustain.
 Great Quality organizations like GE, Toyota and other Quality conscious companies realized that the basic DNA of any company should be carrying the Quality through its veins, bones and tissues.
We have great role models in Automobiles and Manufacturing domains that [...]

Communication MUDA’s spoilsport Projects

If the basic communication itself is lacking in organizations how can people concepts like Scrum work. The very reason that Lean (Manufacturing counterpart of Agile) is more successful and effective in a manufacturing environment directly goes to prove that standardization of communication is the key element in achieving Agile and Lean Success.
 
Typically an average programmer [...]

Y = F (X)

Effect = F(Causes)
Y = F(X)
X = Toyota Way, Commitment, Consistency, organization wide internalization
Toyota way is the way. One actually falls short of words to explain the golden standard set by Toyota for operational excellence, Quality, commitment to company, stakeholders and society in general. Toyota practices all theses values by themselves and truly stands out as [...]

Lean on Eight Quality Management Principles

Principle 1: Customer focus
Principle 2: Leadership
Principle 3: Involvement of people
Principle 4: Process approach
Principle 5: System approach to management
Principle 6: Continual improvement
Principle 7: Factual approach to decision making
Principle 8: Mutually beneficial supplier relationships
Customer Focus:

Lean focuses on bringing out the best Value of a product to customers. In Agile projects Lean aspects are taken care through [...]

Lean-in Effect

The effect of Lean processes in organizations depends upon their use and application of Lean technologies.
Manufacturing companies in general and automobiles in particular leverage maximum profits by applying Lean methodologies. Since Toyota showed the way it becomes much easier for the related industries to bench mark and improvise on Lean techniques. Lean when combined with [...]

Meetings MUDA

Meetings are becominng source for MUDA if focus and objectives are not maintained. Especially for Top Management longer meetings too frequently will almost always become overhead. In the spirit of Agile and Lean whenever possible stand-up meetings should be encouraged. The prepartion and punctuality for the attendees should be mandatory. Also the target audience for [...]

Nature inspires Quality and Perfection

Taking a slight deviation from my other posts I will be uninhibited in postings under Nature and its impact on Quality evolution.
With many of the laws and theories that govern the universe we can easily appreciate and get amazed about the brilliant and wonderful ways in which the nature behaves.
Earth rotatates every day once on its [...]