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Lean Management Glossar
Lean management: a glossary for beginners Lean management is a widely used methodology for optimizing business processes that aims to minimize waste and maximize value for the customer. For beginners, however, the multitude of technical terms can be overwhelming. A comprehensive glossary on lean management offers valuable help here. It serves as a reference work…
Lean Management KPI
The success of lean manufacturing can be measured by using specific key figures. These provide insights into the performance and efficiency of your production processes.
Hoshin Kanri – Policy Deployment
What does Hoshin Kanri strategy development mean and how does this method work in implementation? We take a closer look at Hoshin Kanri and its importance for strategy development in companies.
The Performance “U”
What is the Performance “U” and how can this model help companies implement agile collaboration in classic matrix organizations with the help of Shopfloor Management? This basic and important question is answered in this blog article. Das Performance „U“ The Performance “U” is a model developed by Dr. Andreas Romberg for the optimal networking of…
ValueStreamer – Digital Shopfloor Management
What is digital store floor management and how can ValueStreamer software help you to successfully establish digital store floor in your company? These two important questions are answered in this article. Core concept: Shopfloor Management Shopfloor management is a key concept in lean management. Shopfloor management enables optimal collaboration in the value stream, even outside…
Recruiting & Human Resource Marketing
The shortage of skilled workers is wide spread and on the rise. Currently, 70,000 of all apprenticeship positions in Germany are unfilled and already 2 million positions in Germany cannot be filled. Out of 802, 352 occupational groups are facing shortages of skilled workers and 55% of all companies already see the shortage of skilled…
Process mining
Process mining is an innovative technology that helps companies understand, analyse and optimise their business processes based on their ERP data. The technology uses the data that companies record in their ERP systems to visualise the actual processes that take place in practice. Using this data, companies can identify deviations from planned processes and uncover…
How to create effective personal Change
This article will answer these important questions. At its core is the question of how every leader can start change within themselves. Leadership is an inner journey and always starts in the person of the leader. However, we often get in our own way and unconsciously block ourselves with a strategy that blocks change and…
5 Elements for team success
Let’s tackle one of the most frequently asked question, that comes across in business. How can you improve your team performance? Let’s introduce a simple model to create team success in any team, which is tangible and easy to execute. Hundreds of our customers use this easy approach to create more team success whatever the…
Hybrid project management
How do you achieve better planning and control with shop floor management in project development? How can classic development processes be transferred to agile project management? 1. Situation The biggest lever for project success lies in planning. Regardless of the project management approach, careful planning is important in any project. At the beginning of a…
Shopfloor Management
Shopfloor Management (SFM) is part of a company’s Performance Management System (PMS) and is a highly effective tool for operational control on the one hand and the exercise of good leadership on the other in the company. At its core, SFM is about managing deviations from target goals in key value streams of the business:…
Organizational development: 8 rules for total standstill
according Prof. Dr. Peter Kruse In the context of change projects, it is legitimate to ask whether change makes sense at all. Maybe it is better to leave everything as it is? If you come to the conclusion that a change in the company is not the right way for you, stick to the “8…
Strategy deployment & planning & operational management
In corporate management, an essential question is how the process of strategy development gets into operational implementation? This is done with the help of rolling planning and project management in the context of store floor management. The important question how you get your strategy effectively deployed will be answered in this article. „Planning is indispensable,…
Digitalization – New Business Models in the Cybersphere
“Many companies and entrepreneurs have not yet understood the scope of digitization,” says Uwe Weinreich, a digital entrepreneur from the very beginning who has been successfully active in the digital market since 1995. Uwe Weinreich is not only an entrepreneur but also a book author and consultant and explains his view on digitalization in this…
Transforming R&D into an agile organization
While many are still talking about becoming an Agile Organizations we have already done it! Together with Dr. Andreas Romberg and Dr. Christopher Brüggeman, I am really proud to have accomplished a successful transformation of a traditional R&D department at a large car manufacturer into a self-organized agile team based organization. Dual operating system We…
Manifesto for agile Organization Development
The dynamic changes in the environment require more than ever a new way of developing organizations. In the “Manifesto of Agile Organizational Development” we describe the principles of our consulting work. The key message is that agile organizational development needs agile plans. It is necessary to react to the changes in the organization at any…
OKR Methodology
Leading teams and companies to success with OKRs. OKR is based on agile principles and is thus able to modernize and further develop classic established planning, prioritization and strategy processes.
A model for culture change
How can culture change succeed in your company? Cultural change is one of the most challenging topics in corporate development. The dynamics of digitization require companies and the people who work there to be able to adapt. The ability to change culture towards a modern, attractive corporate culture is becoming increasingly important for many companies,…
Lean Change Management
The agile method for coping with permanent change Companies have been operating in a volatile environment for years. Globalization and digitization have meant that organizations are subject to ever increasing dynamics of change. Lean Change Management is an innovative method for successfully accompanying continuous change processes. Traditional change management and change management models Active change…
Lean Production System (LPS)
Lean Production System (LPS) is the most successful system for company management to achieve cost reduction by increasing productivity.
Learn more about LPS in this article.