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The President goes to the Gemba |
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Written by Christian Paulsen
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Saturday, 04 August 2012 16:27 |
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 Seven states have just succeeded from the Union. They form the Confederate States of America and elect their own President. The Confederate States have control of the Mississippi River, all federal agencies in the South, and nearly all southern military forts and arsenal.
The Union Army is in shambles and has poor leadership. The state militias are in even worse shape.
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Lincoln’s Lean Leadership |
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Written by Christian Paulsen
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Sunday, 15 July 2012 15:47 |
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 The battery to my laptop seemed to die instantaneously on a recent flight. My travels were taking me nowhere near an Apple store and I was unable to have one delivered before the return flight.
Out of desperation for something to do while in the air, I purchased the book Lincoln on Leadership. I had heard good things about Donald Phillips’ book and am a big fan of our greatest president.
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Sustain the Gain (Part 3) |
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Written by Christian Paulsen
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Thursday, 12 July 2012 21:41 |
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 Are you ready to bring this one home? We have been looking at how John’s team made some great improvements with a yield improvement Kaizen on their filler.Â
Unfortunately we saw in part 1 that things just didn’t work out like John and his team thought they would. We have already looked at a few reasons why this could happen:
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Sustain the Gain (Part 2) |
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Written by Christian Paulsen
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Tuesday, 10 July 2012 15:30 |
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 We joined our Production Manager friend, John, in part one of Sustain the Gain. John is expecting significant savings thanks to a Kaizen with his team but the results just are not there.
Sound familiar? What could have gone wrong?
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Sustain the Gain |
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Written by Christian Paulsen
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Sunday, 24 June 2012 18:00 |
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 A young Production Manager finally gives the green light to implement his latest Kaizen process improvement after several weeks of data collection, testing, and planning.
John has been working closely with his cross- functional team to find the optimal filler settings to improve weight control and reduce product give-away. This yield improvement project should save $200,000 annually.
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Christian Paulsen is a leader, husband, and father. He has 20 years of manufacturing experience with Unilever, Nestle, PepsiCo, as well as private manufacturers. Christian’s experience includes the use of Lean principles in Food and Beverage manufacturing plants. He’s also an expert of 5S, Autonomous Maintenance, and TPM. 