Strategic Partnership: Skovinen and Kaufman Global
Skovinen and Kaufman Global are excited to announce our strategic…
Kaufman Global 2022 Accomplishments
Here we share a few project highlights and accomplishments from…
Use the Trust Equation to Make Better Decisions
Getting anything done between two parties requires trust. Even…
Why Is It So Tough to Be Lean in a Relationship-centric Organization?
Relationship-centric organizations rely on personal networks…
Employee Engagement Surveys … Why Bother?
Apparently, organizations are losing their often stated, but…
The Grand Reopening … Everything is a Startup
As global economies reopen, we are presented with unique challenges…
There are 9 Wastes in the Lean Waste Wheel
When we think about improving operations and the Lean waste wheel,…
Respect for People Leads to Better Employee Retention
With the first quarter underway, everyone is leaning into 2021…
Making The Case for Value Stream Analysis
Value Stream Analysis or Straight to Implementation? That's the…
The Missing Link of Lean Success
Anyone who has been involved with Lean for any period of time…
The Law of Holes and Restoring Margins
Restoring Margins
It's al about margin restoration! The business…
It's al about margin restoration! The business…
Why It Is Difficult to Follow Rules
Businesses are accountable to ensure the health and safety…
Three Business Strategies for Dealing with a Pandemic
The pandemic isn’t going away any time soon. Besides the reality…
Designing Effective Workshops
Kaufman Global regularly leads individuals and teams at all levels…
The Lean Daily Management System Part 4 | The 20 Keys
What if every workgroup within your enterprise could develop…
Transformation Is Personal
The very notion of transformation should scare the hell out of us all ...
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LDMS Part 3 | Kaizen Action Sheets (KAS) System
Kaizen Action Sheets are a core technique to animate Kaizen ...
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Rapid Improvement Event (RIE) Fundamentals
What's in a name?
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LDMS Part 2 | SSU and PVD
The building blocks of LDMS.
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LDMS Introduction | Part 1
Create engaged problem-solvers who lift results every day.
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Kaizen Events 101 – Before, During and After
Your checklist for a holistic three-week plan.
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Change Resistance: The 3 Ds and What to Do
5 things you can do to mitigate unknowns and get better results.
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Performance Level Examples
This post is part of Kaufman Global Quick Takes: Close the Gap…
5 Critical Success Factors for Evaluating Operational Performance
Get an accurate baseline of the current situation and describe the gaps in one day.
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Local Flavor – Argentine Soccer Celebration
Enjoying the local flavor of the street celebration in Buenos Aires after the final of the 2018 Copa Libertadores ...
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How to Digitally Enable Performance
And relay only the information required to speed decisions, enable agility and lift results.
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Three OpEx Questions and Answers
Sometimes people just want to pick our brains... A Q&A on OpEx, Leadership and Engagement.
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Five Reasons for Better Employee Retention
Pay increases, stock options and bonuses won't solve your retention issues. It’s not all about the money... really.
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The “Real” 3 + 2 Rules of Successful Project Management
These easy to remember rules will help you navigate the common pitfalls of project management...
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Procedural Adherence and Risk
The enterprise works hard to define and defend organizational procedures to maximize speed, accuracy and return — and still, rules are routinely broken.
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IADC Highlights: Procedural Adherence Video
Missed the 2017 IADC Human Factors Conference? Watch video highlights of our presentation on Procedural Adherence and learn why people break the rules.
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Procedural Adherence: October 2017 IADC Human Factors Conference
Kaufman Global president Jerry Timpson presents on the topic of Procedural Adherence at the 2017 IADC Human Factors Conference in Galveston, TX Oct 17-18.
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Business Process Improvement and Scorpions …
Senior consultant Hector Garcia takes a break from train-the-trainer efforts to ...
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Implementing Lean Manufacturing: Part 1 of 3
We've updated our classic Lean Manufacturing whitepaper. Part 1 covers the history and evolution of Lean and why pull systems are so important ...
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The Carrot Story
The Carrot Story is a thought-provoking parable on how organizations achieve positive change ...
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An Afternoon Spent Process Mapping is an Afternoon Well Spent
Earlier this month we spent a few hours with the great team at Jefferson Electric to help them do ...
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Results Improve When Leaders Give Up Some Control
When it comes to guiding an organization through transformative change, control is the determining factor ...
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Sustaining Operational Excellence
This is an excerpt from the Kaufman Global survey report: An Examination of Operational Excellence ...
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Operational Excellence Can Save Millions (and Millions)
Well... the exact number is not certain, but organizations could get much more from their OpEx ...
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Rapid Performance Evaluation – Speed Matters
Kaufman Global helps clients solve complex problems and drive fundamental improvement ...
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Lean Daily Management System
In the late 1990s, when Kaufman Global constructed the Lean Daily Management System® (LDMS®) ...
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4 Tips To Simplify Work Complexity
Greater complexity means more options for failure. People and processes come together to ...
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Transform and Sustain: Three Rules for Better Results
Nothing is Transformed if it Cannot be Sustained
Clients never…
Clients never…
Iconic Conference 2015 – Chicago
How did we spend today's Travel Tuesday? In the beautiful city of Chicago, hearing from and ...
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Standing Tall in Kuala Lumpur
European Director Rolf den Nieuwenboer takes a break from his facility layout work to enjoy ...
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Lessons from a Pocket Card: Standard Work for Leaders
Top leaders frequently approach us seeking solutions to their business problems. They want to know ...
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Kaufman Global Attends 2014 ADIPEC in UAE
Kaufman Global will be among the 60,000 participants at this years’ Abu Dhabi International Petroleum ...
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World-Class Performance and the 20 Keys
What does the phrase “world-class” really mean? This question has been asked since the term ...
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Turning up the Heat: Golf in Bahrain
While our previous Travel Tuesday post took us to Argentina where it's currently winter ...
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Kaufman Global Attends SSPHA and NASMHPD Mental Health Conference
Kaufman Global will join representatives from the Southern States Psychiatric Hospital Association ...
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Eating Abroad: Asado in Argentina!
This Tuesday we're traveling south to experience Argentinian Asado! The term Asado ...
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Introducing… Travel Tuesday: Thailand
Our work with our global clients takes us around the world. In the process we get the opportunity ...
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Relearning Jidoka From a Robot Vacuum Cleaner
About 20 years ago, when I first trained on the Toyota Production System, it was presented ...
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Procedural Adherence: Your Problem is Bigger than Technology
The following is an excerpt from Kaufman Global’s new white paper, On Procedural Adherence ...
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Change Advocacy: The Immunity Challenge
Change is inevitable. Whether you’re leading it, supporting it, or it feels like it’s being forced ...
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Kaufman Global Attends 2014 Offshore Technology Conference
Kaufman Global, an implementation partner of Lean, Continuous Improvement and proprietary ...
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Kaufman Global attends 2014 IADC Drilling Conference
Kaufman Global will be on-hand to hear about the latest trends, emerging technologies ...
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Managing Change: 10 Tips to Improve Communication
When preparing for a Lean initiative, it’s important to realize upfront that a full menu of changes ...
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Improve Operations Fast: 5 Transformation Tools
When it comes to driving business improvements, the term “transformation” is overused ...
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Employee Engagement Requires Focus
The following is an excerpt from Kaufman Global’s white paper, "Engage the Organization ...
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Lean Should Be Part Of Your Growth Strategy
Lean is all about waste elimination right? But to what end? The Toyota Production System ...
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Take Action to Make Things Happen
In life, there are those who watch things happen, and those who step up and make them happen ...
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How Engagement and Value are Intimately Linked
The following is an excerpt from Kaufman Global’s latest white paper, “Engage the Organization ...
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Kaufman Global at Offshore Technology Conference 2013
Kaufman Global will be among more than 80,000 attendees at the 2013 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) ...
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Teamwork is Essential for Lean Success
The likelihood of sustainable change is directly related to the degree to which that change is valued ...
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Kaufman Global Names Amy Howard Principal
Kaufman Global announced today the promotion of Amy Howard to principal. Based out of Indianapolis ...
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Sticky Data: Humans Needed
Living in an “Information Age” has its challenges. Many of us have come to rely too much on technology ...
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Kaufman Global Attends 2013 SPE / IADC Drilling Conference
Kaufman Global announced today its plans to attend the 2013 SPE / IADC Drilling Conference and Exhibition...
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Bacon Revolution: Are You In?
I’m not sure if you've noticed, but there's a bacon revolution going on. Everyone seems to be ...
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Change Management Presentation for ASQ Webinar
Kaufman Global announced today its participation in the ASQ Reliability Division's ...
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Three Ways to Leverage Cross-functional Teams for Design Innovation
A recent 60 Minutes segment highlighted the innovative approach used by California-based design firm ...
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Continuous Improvement And The 20 Keys®
Business leaders are often criticized for their tendency to keep looking “in the rear view mirror,” but is this always a bad thing?
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Another Meeting? Take a Lean Meeting Approach to Optimize Time and Resources
If you're spending too much time in meetings, crisp things up…
Employee Participation: 5 Ways to Boost Engagement
The rate, degree and level of change for Continuous Improvement endeavors hinges on people.
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A Committed Leader: The Key Ingredient for Change
In my role as a management consultant at Kaufman Global, I work within a variety of industries ...
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Stand Down Events for Truly Rapid Results
With a "need for speed," more and more organizations are adopting the idea of holding what are best known as Stand Down Days...
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Prioritize Manufacturing Fixes For Better Results
There are times when a manufacturing operation needs to get better (a lot better) — fast.
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Time To Hire: How To Improve Cycle Time
Talent Wars | You identify a critical resource need. A requisition is prepared and submitted. The recruiting ...
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Lean Tools are a Means, Never an End
One of the most common and most difficult to eradicate beliefs is that “Lean” is just a bunch of analytical tools and methods.
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Benchmarks As A Performance Improvement Method
While it’s true that benchmarks can provide authority and clarity, consider the flip side...
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