by Wes Hehn | Feb 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
Lean Principles and Tools The foundation of Lean principles and tools can be attributed to pioneers such as Frederick Winslow Taylor, Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sakichi Toyoda, Henry Ford, Alfred P. Sloan, and William Edwards Deming. The Toyota Production System (TPS) has...
by Wes Hehn | Dec 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Instant Implementation A former colleague, once a student under my guidance and still a cherished friend, Steven Tietz, demonstrated exceptional leadership following the initial week of my Lean Certification training, which focuses on the principles of...
by Wes Hehn | Nov 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
Changing Workforce The reality is that the workforce is changing. As of the last update in 2022, there were ongoing shifts in the workforce dynamics due to retirement and the entry of younger generations. However, specific statistics regarding the complete...
by Wes Hehn | Nov 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Drawing Inspiration from the Field My son, Zach Hehn, Vice President of Business Development at Lean Forward – Continuous Improvement, had a visionary idea to employ sports as an analogy for our inaugural post on LinkedIn. While I initially had reservations about the...
by Wes Hehn | Nov 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
In the realm of organizational strategy, an unsettling reality surfaces: a staggering 90 percent of businesses struggle to effectively implement their strategic visions, a fact highlighted by David Norton and Robert Kaplan in their book, “The Balanced...
