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What I'm Hearing in CI

We talk to CI leaders and lean consultants every day. These are short videos, under a minute each, on what keeps coming up in those conversations. Five series, one problem each.

  1. Series 1

    What I'm hearing from consultants

    What lean and CI consultants do for manufacturers, and what happens to their work after they leave.

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    • Ep. 01What do consultants actually help manufacturers with?
    • Ep. 02What's the recurring problem I keep hearing consultants talk about?
    • Ep. 03Why do companies keep bringing consultants back?
    • Ep. 04What happens when the consultant leaves?
    • Ep. 05What consultants see that internal teams don't
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  2. Series 2

    How those problems show up in CI programs

    Spreadsheets, SharePoint and scattered files: where continuous improvement information actually lives.

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    • Ep. 01Why do so many manufacturing CI programs still rely on Excel?
    • Ep. 02The spreadsheet isn't the problem
    • Ep. 03When SharePoint becomes the system
    • Ep. 04Where does all the CI information go?
    • Ep. 05Why consultants struggle to see the full picture
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  3. Series 3

    What happens when teams try to sustain improvements

    Ownership, proof and follow-through after the kaizen event ends.

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    • Ep. 01What happens after the Kaizen?
    • Ep. 02Who owns the improvement?
    • Ep. 03How do you know the improvement worked?
    • Ep. 04Why improvements don't stick
    • Ep. 05The consultant's work doesn't end at implementation
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  4. Series 4

    Why it gets harder across multiple plants

    Different CI processes, different maturity, and why HQ doesn't always see what's happening.

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    • Ep. 01How can two plants in the same company have completely different CI processes?
    • Ep. 02How standardized should CI actually be across plants?
    • Ep. 03Why HQ doesn't always see what's happening
    • Ep. 04Why is comparing plants difficult?
    • Ep. 05What happens when one plant is years ahead of another in CI maturity?
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  5. Series 5

    The role of technology in CI

    What software should and shouldn't do for a continuous improvement program.

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    • Ep. 01What should CI software actually solve?
    • Ep. 02What shouldn't software try to do?
    • Ep. 03What should a consultant be able to see?
    • Ep. 04What should be automated?
    • Ep. 05Why we built LeanSuite
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