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In lean, you may have heard the term AB control. This is often used at Toyota, but is also often confused in the West, especially with the terms one-piece flow and lot size one. AB control is related, but different. In fact, it is closer to a pull production than to lot size one and ... Read more
In my last post I talked about lean in the professional kitchen, especially the impact of Auguste Escoffier on modern kitchen management. In this post I will look at the history of the home kitchen, where lean also made some significant changes that you still can see today (albeit some other improvements have been lost). ... Read more
In this post I would like to go culinary, and look a bit at the history of professional restaurant kitchens and how lean the top restaurants of the world are nowadays. The key influence here is Auguste Escoffier, who created the modern French kitchen. Before Escoffier Before Escoffier, a commercial kitchen was a rather rowdy ... Read more
As a manager, don t you just sometimes wish all problems will go away? Wouldn t it be nice if everybody in the company agreed with you? Having been a production manager myself, I agree that indeed, yes, that would be nice. At the same time, this would be one of the most dangerous situations your company ... Read more
In this last post on the evolution of strategic management, I will talk about Hoshin Kanri. For me, it is the big thing—albeit I may be influenced by being an Ex-Toyota employee, and, while Hoshin Kanri was not invented by Toyota, it was certainly made popular by it and its lean manufacturing. Hence, it is ... Read more
In this fifth post on the evolution of strategic management, we will be looking at the Balanced Scorecard. Like Objectives and Key Results, it is an evolution of Management by Objectives (MBO). It is also influenced by Hoshin Kanri. In terms of popularity, it is slowly on the decline, albeit still quite popular. History Analog ... Read more
In this fourth post on the evolution of strategic management, we will be looking at Objectives and Key Results (OKR). Like Management by Objectives (MBO), Objectives and Key Results is still frequently used, and often cited in connection with Hoshin Kanri. Hence, let s have a deeper look at what Objectives and Key Results is. History ... Read more
Strategic management is the art of planning, monitoring, analyzing, and assessing all that is necessary for an organization to meet its goals and objectives. This is the third post in my series on the evolution of strategic management, and we will be looking in more detail at management by objectives (MBO). History of Management by ... Read more