Creating Standard Work - the tips you don't want to miss
The ultimate guide to creating strong Standard work, templates, meanings and the typical pitfalls to avoid
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Russell Watkins
- Aug 23
- 5 min
Safety in SQDCP - stop fooling yourself that you behave safely in factories, you don't!
Almost all lean-minded people preach Safety first, Quality second. The same group of people routinely demonstrate dubious safety behaviour
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Russell Watkins
- Aug 16
- 7 min
Hoshin Kanri: How to get your manufacturing team aligned around your lean Strategy Deployment
With Hoshin Kanri, less is more..."Hoshin is the discipline to de-select". The aim of this blog is to show you how less can be more.
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Russell Watkins
- Aug 8
- 4 min
How to hone your Problem Solving Method through watching movies
Practical Problem Solving in movies. 4 types of problems and real examples from Matt Damon's The Martian
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Russell Watkins
- Aug 2
- 7 min
Discovering kaizen examples and lean thinking in elite pro sports
Investigate examples of elite sports embracing Kaizen (aka Continuous Improvement) thinking
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Russell Watkins
- Jul 11
- 7 min
The 7 step method for Practical Problem Solving skills & the 10 most common mistakes to avoid
Practical Problem Solving models are often shared online BUT the pitfalls are rarely well explained. In this blog we’ll be drawing on our
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Russell Watkins
- Feb 8
- 7 min
Should we embrace Japanese Lean Words in Manufacturing?
10 of the words that have been most useful in guiding Sempai's lean work, from working with Japanese manufacturers, especially Toyota Group
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Russell Watkins
- Dec 15, 2022
- 9 min
How to implement 5s in your factory (with examples)
5S ACTIVITY 1.Sort 2.Straighten 3.Shine 4.Standardise 5.Sustain What is 5s? 5s is an interesting and often misunderstood building block...
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Russell Watkins
- Oct 11, 2022
- 4 min
Effective Gemba Walks - A key skill for Team Leaders
Effective Gemba Walks: A key skill for Team Leaders
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Russell Watkins
- Sep 28, 2022
- 3 min
80/20 Pareto rule in manufacturing – A key skill for Team Leaders
80/20 rule in manufacturing – A lean skill for Team Leaders
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Russell Watkins
- Sep 14, 2022
- 5 min
What is Lean Manufacturing?
It's helpful to understand what Lean Manufacturing is. However, Defining lean is useful, lean definitions are useless.
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Russell Watkins
- Sep 2, 2022
- 3 min
'Change Point Management' - A key skill for Team Leaders
Manufacturing Team Leaders who understand and deal with Change Points have far less problems to deal with.
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Russell Watkins
- Sep 1, 2022
- 3 min
An effective start-of-shift brief in manufacturing – A key skill for Team Leaders
The first hour of any shift is the golden hour. A good Team Brief often leads to a good shift.
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Russell Watkins
- Nov 8, 2021
- 3 min
Toyota's thinking around Digital Manufacturing
Digital Manufacturing / Industry 4.0 is about more than just sensors, data, things and machines. People are at the centre of it.
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Russell Watkins
- Oct 7, 2021
- 3 min
Lean transformation starts with the ultimate Lean Scorecard
We’d invite any manufacturers out there to complete the lean scorecard. simply considering the questions will challenge you and give insight
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Russell Watkins
- Jan 29, 2021
- 4 min
Digital Manufacturing: 6 ways to build strong bonds between Technology Providers & Manufacturers
Well designed experiments with Industry4.0 solutions have the ability to generate significant value, but the learning curve will be painful
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Russell Watkins
- Jan 29, 2021
- 3 min
How to find Abnormalities and not Problems in a lean factory
Strong lean factories manage Change Points. The key is recognising that many defects and accidents happen after something in 5M1E changes
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Russell Watkins
- Jan 29, 2021
- 3 min
Reap the benefits of effective Gemba Walks (avoiding the fad trap)
As a lean community we’re at it again... ...the lazy business of reducing a very useful habit into a stand-alone tool to package up and...
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Russell Watkins
- Jan 29, 2021
- 3 min
Kaizen Examples: what everyday life can teach you about lean
Kaizen & lean skill can be developed outside of work by observing what's around you in places like cafes, sporting events & your own home.
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Russell Watkins
- Jan 29, 2021
- 4 min
The 7 Wastes: are defects problems or treasure?
The care of defects is a significant marker of whether your business believes in Built-in Quality
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