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    Case in Point: Avoiding Martial-arts Moves by ‘pulling the Andon cord’

    ByXONITEK April 30, 2013January 6, 2020

    The Big Idea How can executives (or any of us, for that matter) use what we know about process improvement to engage and motivate the people in our lives? Which touch points for intervention are most effective? How can we measure success? Rachel’s approach to identifying defects in the way her family operates and harnessing…

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    EuroLogistics Magazine – “Gemba za oknem” by Joseph Paris – November 2012

    ByXONITEK November 13, 2012January 6, 2020

    “Gemba za oknem” (Lean Management), by Joseph Paris published in the October/November 2012 issue of Eurologistics Magazine – in Polish. Download PDF

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    Lean Management Journal – “Walk the Gemba Walk” by Joseph Paris: Jul/Aug 2012

    ByXONITEK July 13, 2012December 30, 2020

    “Walk the Gemba Walk” by XONITEK’s Joseph Paris & continued media coverage of the Operational Excellence Society.  Robert Priolo, Commissioning Editor, welcomes Mr. Paris to the Editorial Board.  – Published in Lean Management Journal in the July/August 2012 double issue. Download PDF

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    The Gemba Beyond the Window

    ByJoseph Paris June 5, 2012December 30, 2020

    I love the smell of machine oil.  I love to hear the clanging and clanking of machinery in operation.  I love the banging when one machine hammers away at a piece of metal to form it into something new or the high-pitched “whir” of a loom or spinner in operation.  And I love the way huge apparatus groan…

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