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Lean, Agile, shop floor management and cultural change – methods, models and experience from more than 25 years of transformation projects in industry.
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Leaders in times of change – part 2: my day – my success
In today’s dynamic business world leaders are constantly challenged to master complex challenges while inspiring and motivating their teams. Mental training is a decisive factor that helps leaders optimise their skills, manage stress and develop a positive attitude. In this article we look at what mental training for leaders involves and how it contributes to…
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Value stream mapping & value stream design
Value stream mapping is the central tool in lean consulting. How a 5-day value stream mapping and design workshop works, from gemba walk to lean master plan.
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Monozukuri – hitozukuri – kotozukuri
Making things, developing people, telling stories: what monozukuri, hitozukuri and kotozukuri mean for the Toyota Production System and for lean management.
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Lean house & 5 lean principles
What is the lean house and what are the 5 essential lean principles? Value creation, freedom from disruption, flow, takt and pull explained with graphics.
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The Makigami method of process analysis
Makigami makes waste in administrative processes visible: who does what, with which document, and where time is lost. Method, phases and procedure step by step.
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Compass for the Future
The Compass for the Future: The TEAMTHINK Method for Guidance During Transformation Transformation projects rarely fail because of the strategy. They fail because no one in the room can say exactly where the organization stands, what to do next, or whether the organization even has enough momentum for the next step. This is precisely where…
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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…
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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.
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Hoshin Kanri – Strategy Development and Deployment
What is Hoshin Kanri strategy development and how does this method work in implementation? We take a closer look at Hoshin Kanri and its importance for strategy development in companies.
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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. The Performance “U” The Performance “U” is a model developed by Dr. Andreas Romberg for the optimal networking of…
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Digital shop floor management
What is digital shop floor management and how do software solutions such as ValueStreamer and Tervene help to establish it successfully in your company?
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How to create effective personal Change
How does personal change work?
What psychological dynamics determine whether change can take place within us?
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5 Elements for team success
Let’s tackle one of the most frequently asked questions that come up 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…
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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…
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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:…
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Organizational development: 8 rules for total standstill
according to 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…
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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 shop floor management. The important question how you get your strategy effectively deployed will be answered in this article. “Planning is indispensable,…
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Digital Transformation Office: how to make the wise pivot
Digitalisation rarely fails for lack of money – it fails for lack of steering. Many companies launch pilots, buy software and set up innovation labs, yet the initiatives run side by side, compete for the same budgets and lose sight of the core business. Two building blocks make the difference: central steering of all transformation…
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Transforming R&D into an agile organization
While many are still talking about becoming an agile organisation, we have already done it! We are really proud to have accomplished a successful transformation of a traditional R&D department at a large European car manufacturer into a self-organized agile team-based organization. Dual operating system We used Kotter’s idea of creating a dual operating system….
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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…
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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.
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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,…
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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…
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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.
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Agility is a megatrend
Interview from 2017 on agile organisations – with our 2026 review: what has been confirmed and what we see differently today.
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