In the Japanese the word means “improvement “. From the Toyota Production System it is said the word was a combination of the Kanji writing symbols for good and change. In the continuous improvement world we look at this word as a term to mean

Lean Lingo Genchi Genbutsu

Feb 21st, 2019 1m 5s

These 2 words mean the local actual thing. In the Lean world the phrase is used to represent the idea of go and see. True improvement requires leaders, managers, c-suites to be involved. The idea is you cannot know what change needs to happen u

Lean Lingo Gemba

Feb 14th, 2019 1m 3s

We want to make a linkage between Lean lingo and plain business language. The actual word is Genba G e N b a, literal translation is "site"...thanks google translate. The english speaking folks make the sound of the word be GeMba therefore the

Lean Lingo Episode 000 - Intro

Feb 8th, 2019 33s

Lean Lingo Intro: This mini-podcast will be a way to give some background on basics in terms used in continuous improvement work. Essentially we want to make a linkage between Lean lingo and plain business language.

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