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Lean Manufacturing and Strategy is the primary focus of our Lean Briefing and the Strategos website. Its content is educational, unique, wide-ranging and, above all, useful.

Lean Manufacturing principles can seem simple. However, there is considerable nuance and subtleness in its implementation and also in tailoring it to industries beyond automotive.

At Strategos we add unique value and insight to our client's organization through lean consulting, lean training and shared knowledge.

Lean Briefing brings you ideas and information from the Manufacturing Strategy perspective. I hope you will find Lean Briefing interesting, informative  and refreshing.

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  • New Topic Each Issue

  • Links for Further Exploration

I hope you find your visits here interesting and thought provoking. There is a lot to explore, so take your time.

Quarterman Lee

(Sample Issue)

Archive Issues

 Manufacturing Strategy

#09 Does TQM & Lean Payoff for Shareholders?
#14 Manufacturing Strategy-- The Great Nuclear Fizzle at Babcock & Wilcox
#15 The Focused Factory
#16 Empirical Evidence for The Focused Factory
#17 The Key Manufacturing Task
#20 Decoding The DNA of the Toyota Production System
#25 Implementing Lean Manufacturing
#26 Implementing Lean- Strategy, Tactics & Plans
#41 When Strategy Is Derelict
#47 What Is Manufacturing Strategy? -The Great Nuclear Fizzle
#63 Central Problem of Maintenance (TPM)
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5S & Visual Control

#04 Inventory--Why All The Fuss
#44 Workstation Design & Ergonomics
#45 Does 5S Payoff On The Bottom Line?
#46 More About The 5S Payoff
5S Fast & Simple


Leadership for Lean Manufacturing

#23 Shakespeare on Leadership
#24 Charisma In Manufacturing?
#25 Implementing Lean Manufacturing
#32 Football, Leadership and Manufacturing Strategy
#33 Taiichi Ohno & Dr. Shigeo Shingo
#40 Manufacturing Leadership
#50 Lean Manufacturing, Leadership


Maintenance & TPM

#63 Central Problem of Maintenance (TPM)
Lean_briefing_64.htm


Kaizen

#05 Kaizen- What Does It Really Mean?
#19 Plant Layout & Facility Planning


Quality

#18 Mistakes are Jewels
#53 The Psychology of SPC


Scheduling & Inventory

#07 Rational Lot Sizing For Lean Manufacturing
#08 Setup Reduction & SMED
#34 Capacity, Inventory and Delivery
#35 Inventory, Variability & Little's Law
#52 A Systems View of Scheduling
#61 The Glass Ceiling of Cycle Counting
Cycle Counting, Inventory Accuracy & Lean; Counting that really counts.


Lean Accounting

#09 Does TQM & Lean Payoff for Shareholders?
#27 Volume, Variety & Product Costing
#28 Volume Adjusted Costing


Systems Theory

#34 Capacity, Inventory and Delivery
#35 Inventory, Variability & Little's Law

Cellular Manufacturing & Workcell Design

#12 Balancing The Work In Workcells
#13 All About Takt Time
#19 Plant Layout & Facility Planning
#21 Cellular Manufacturing-- Even In A Job Shop!
#22 Group Technology Workcells are different
#29 Low-Volume/High-Variety Workcells
#42 Motion Economy & Lean Manufacturing
#44 Workstation Design & Ergonomics
#51 Mixed Model Production
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Facilities-Layouts-Workflow

#11 A Bomber An Hour-- Production Miracle At Willow Run
#21 Cellular Manufacturing-- Even In A Job Shop!
#22 Group Technology Workcells are different
#29 Low-Volume/High-Variety Workcells
#30 Process & Value Stream Mapping
#38 Long-Range Site Planning
#48 A Bomber An Hour II
#51 Mixed Model Production


The Human Side & Corporate Culture

#10 A Magical Moment With Shigeo Shingo
#18 Mistakes are Jewels
#20 Decoding The DNA of the Toyota Production System
#25 Implementing Lean Manufacturing
#36 Teams In Lean Manufacturing
#42 Motion Economy & Lean Manufacturing
#44 Workstation Design & Ergonomics
#53 The Psychology of SPC
#54 How To Invigorate A Mapping Team
#55 The Human Side of Lean Manufacturing
#60 Beyond Kaizen-Action Learning for Cultural Change
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Lean Implementation

#25 Implementing Lean Manufacturing
#26 Implementing Lean- Strategy, Tactics & Plans
#30 Process & Value Stream Mapping
#31 Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
#32 Football, Leadership and Manufacturing Strategy
#43 Simple But Not Easy- Implementing Lean
#49 Value Stream & Process Mapping
#56 Success Factors for Lean Implementation
#58 Implementing In A Mid-Size Firm
#62 Lean In Hard Times
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Lean Manufacturing History

#10 A Magical Moment With Shigeo Shingo
#11 A Bomber An Hour-- Production Miracle At Willow Run
#33 Taiichi Ohno & Dr. Shigeo Shingo
#39 Jidoka & Autonomation
#48 A Bomber An Hour II
#62 Lean In Hard Times


Process Improvement

#05 Kaizen- What Does It Really Mean?
#30 Process & Value Stream Mapping
#31 Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
#49 Value Stream & Process Mapping
#53 The Psychology of SPC
#54 How To Invigorate A Mapping Team


General & Miscellaneous

#39 Jidoka & Autonomation
#62 Lean In Hard Times
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