Why Agile is the New Lean Why Agile is the New Lean Lean has been the cornerstone of manufacturing ever since Toyota’s success in the 1930s. This means then that it has actually been around for almost 100 years! The world is c... Agile Blogs Business Strategy Continuous Improvement 5 Sep 2024 Agile
Bringing Agile back to Manufacturing Bringing Agile back to Manufacturing The Agile approach has been used in software development for many years. First developed in 1986, it all began when Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka studied ma... Agile Blogs Business Strategy Coding and Marking Food Traceability 5 Sep 2024 Agile
How to Achieve Perfect Production How to Achieve Perfect Production ‘Perfect production’ with zero breakdowns, zero defects and zero accidents may seem like a dream. But the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) approach is bringing manu... Agile Blogs Coding and Marking Service and Repairs 22 Aug 2024 Agile
Minimum Viable Product in an Agile Healthcare Facility Minimum Viable Product in an Agile Healthcare Facility Why do I need to use the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) concept to develop an Agile Healthcare Facility? Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is an agile t... Agile Blogs Healthcare 22 Aug 2024 Healthcare
4 Habits of Highly Effective Production Managers 4 Habits of Highly Effective Production Managers Production managers are leaned on to continuously improve the production process. They face many challenges, one of which is to ‘do more with less.’ In... Agile Blogs Business Strategy Continuous Improvement 22 Aug 2024 Agile
An Agile Hospital? Really? An Agile Hospital? Really? In my day-to-day work, I visit many different business and healthcare facilities. Whenever I meet with people I always ask them if they are using an Agile methodology. I am ... Agile Blogs Healthcare 22 Aug 2024 Agile
Reliable Supply Chain: Robust and Agile Reliable Supply Chain: Robust and Agile In late January The West Australian published an article titled, “Supermarket shortages: Empty shelves as supply chain woes and panic buying hit shoppers”. Inla... Agile Blogs Label Printing 22 Aug 2024 Agile
Agile Leadership: The Servant Leader Agile Leadership: The Servant Leader Top-down leadership is outdated and counterproductive. By focusing too much on control and end goals, and not enough on their people, leaders are making it more di... Agile Blogs Business Strategy 22 Aug 2024 Agile
Financial Planning the Agile Way Financial Planning the Agile Way It’s the start of July, and you know what that means. Leadership teams are launching annual business planning and budgeting processes, all too aware that the current y... Agile Blogs Business Strategy 22 Aug 2024 Agile
Gemba: Go to the Front Lines Gemba: Go to the Front Lines Do you often feel reactive instead of proactive? Do people complain that decisions at the top take too long to percolate down to the frontlines? If so, you might manage yo... Agile Blogs Business Strategy 21 Aug 2024 Agile
Efficient Labelling in an Agile Warehouse Efficient Labelling in an Agile Warehouse The greater your agility, the better your ability to anticipate and respond. Getting inventory out the door faster, tracking it better, and minimising the cos... Agile Blogs Label Printing 1 Aug 2024 Agile
Lean or Agile in Management? Lean or Agile in Management? As companies face increasing pressure to perform, they are turning to lean management and agile methodologies to boost their results. These two approaches have become popu... Agile Blogs Business Strategy 1 Aug 2024 Agile