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Streamlining Your Business Operations: Understanding Cycle Time and Lead Time Reduction

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When it comes to running a business, time is money. The longer it takes to complete a task or process, the more resources it consumes and the less efficient your operations become. That’s where cycle time and lead time reduction comes in. In this article, we’ll explore what cycle time and lead time mean, why […]

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A Lean Case Study at Rye River Brewing Company

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Our latest Lean Business Case Study features Rye River Brewing Company, an award-winning beer producer based in Celbridge, Co Kildare. Since 2013, Rye River has been crafting high-quality beers, including the popular Rye River Brewing Co. range, as well as producing exclusive beers for major retailers such as Tesco, Dunnes Stores, and Lidl. In their

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Unlocking Success: How Leader Standard Work Drives Continuous Improvement and Boosts Business Performance

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In my last blog, I wrote about how Standard Work can assist organisations in sustaining improvements. Following on from conversations I have had since then, I am staying with the Standard Work theme. This time, I am focusing on Leader Standard Work. In particular, I will outline how it ensures leaders are more likely to

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How to Reduce Errors and Increase Quality of Work

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As many organisations progress in their lean journey, they start to look at how to can build quality into their process. In a traditional company, defects and errors are accepted as something that happens but can’t be prevented. It is quite common to see organisations adding inspection steps or asking people to be more careful

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How Standard Work can help you to sustain improvements

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How can Standard Work help you to sustain improvements? In our LeanTeams practice, we work as a business partner to many organisations as Continuous Improvement Trainers and Mentors. Our goal is to empower everyone in the organisation to think and work smarter. However, we frequently hear that improvements have not been ‘kept up’. Indeed, often

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Do Logbooks still have a place in Pharmaceutical Organisations?

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Are Logbooks still Relevant in Pharmaceutical Organisations? Over last few years, we have been working as a business partner with pharmaceutical organisations as Continuous improvement trainers, coaches, and mentors. As such, we coach people at all levels of the organisation in how to apply Lean Thinking to achieve improvement. In many respects, the types of

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