I’ve witnessed numerous transformations in our industry over the past two decades. However, none have been as profound or as promising as the digital revolution we’re currently undertaking. Today, I want to share an example of the journey toward digital transformation that Focused Improvement helped implement and explain why it’s not just an option but […]
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JITENDRA BADIANI What comes first – an ERP system (the chicken) or lean management (the egg)? Lean management is all about waste elimination. It starts by identifying and mapping out each step in a business process followed by a critical review to eliminate any steps that do not create value for the business. A question
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JITENDRA BADIANI Choosing to start a lean transformation journey in your business is a big step. Our clients often ask what steps they should take once they have committed to a lean transformation. Here we detail 5 Lean Principles you need to take your business through in order to transform your business: Specifying Value The
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JITENDRA BADIANI David Dodge, the former governor of the Bank of Canada, claims “Canada has a competitiveness problem.” This situation has been building over the last few years which has seen Canadian investment in the US triple while US investment into Canada in 2017 was $40.6 billion. This investment is just about half of what
TRADE WAR? NAFTA, US CORPORATE TAX CUTS, WHAT MUST CANADIAN BUSINESSES DO? Read More »
JITENDRA BADIANI Every week seems to bring new news stories for Canadian business leaders to contend with when considering the international geo-political landscape. In this post-globalization era of interconnectedness, the consequences of a trade war are not simply the trade that might be lost, but also the impact to capital markets, foreign investments, lower dollar
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JITENDRA BADIANI 5S has its origins in the Toyota Production System (TPS), and it is an effective tool to help you create a safe, organized, and efficient work space through standard operational practices. Through 5S, your company will eliminate waste that results from an inefficient and unkempt work area (e.g. wasting time to find a
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JITENDRA BADIANI The principles of Lean manufacturing are not the be-all-end-all of continuous improvement practices. They’re simply useful tools to consider when improving production processes. The problem is that some people become overly dogmatic about following Lean even in situations where it might not be applicable. Consider this: in the parlance of lean manufacturing, anything
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JITENDRA BADIANI Implementing a lean transformation within a company comes with a multitude of challenges. In the face of these challenges, it is easy for some business leaders to abandon the transformation midway, or not maintain the improvements identified in a Lean transformation. This lack of commitment leads to employees reverting to old ways of
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JITENDRA BADIANI In our line of business, we are privileged to have business leaders share their experiences, methods, and practices utilized to implement and operations excellence. This inside peek gives us an excellent opportunity to develop a useful list of the challenges faced by business leaders when trying to implement operations excellence practices. Below is
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JITENDRA BADIANI Client challenge As the client’s business and revenue has consistently grown, freight costs have increased at a higher rate impacting the bottom line with reduced efficiency and profitability. FIC Solution Focused Improvement in collaboration with a cross-functional client team utilized a DMAIC Lean Six Sigma methodology to solve this problem. The team utilized
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