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		<title>Key Lessons To Be Learned From BP In The Art Of Managing Bad News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The BP oil spill that started in the US in April 2010 is undoubtedly bad news.  In fact it is the worst environmental disaster that has ever happened in the United States.  It is in fact verging on a catastrophe in environmental terms and for BP itself, it is an economic disaster that [...]


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		<link>http://www.valuestreamguru.com/?p=415</link>
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		<title>Why Do A Lessons Learned Report When Completing A Project?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No matter how well planned a project is, it will undoubtedly be the case that there are some lessons to be learned and if you do not learn from projects, then you will not be as successful as you could be.  Ideally a lessons learned report needs to be written at each stage of [...]


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		<link>http://www.valuestreamguru.com/?p=413</link>
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		<title>What Is Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM)?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[QRM is a strategy for drastically reducing the time between a product being a concept and when it is completed.  This is referred to in Lean thinking as being the ‘lead time’ and since the lead time is a period of non productivity to a large extent, Lean thinking is very much geared towards [...]


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		<link>http://www.valuestreamguru.com/?p=411</link>
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		<title>What Can A Manufacturing Plant Learn From McDonald’s?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This may seem like an odd question, after all McDonald’s is all about fast food and smiling at the customers, so what can they teach a manufacturing plant where there are no customers on the shop floor, where the end products are nothing to do with fast food?
Well actually a manufacturing plant can learn a [...]


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		<link>http://www.valuestreamguru.com/?p=409</link>
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		<title>What Barriers Exist In Going Lean?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are so many benefits to be gained from going Lean, that it can almost seem illogical for anyone to oppose Lean or for there to be any barriers to its successful implementation, but in reality there are many barriers that can be faced by any organisation that is implementing Lean.
The first barrier is undoubtedly [...]


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		<link>http://www.valuestreamguru.com/?p=407</link>
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		<title>Is Waste Reduction Really That Important &#8211; Does Lean Work?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lean is a tool to improve efficiency, it is not something that is a magic bullet!  It will not ‘cure’ all the problems that an organisation may face.  Lean depends on the people who implement it and if they are not effectual, then the end results will be poor, so there are times [...]


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		<link>http://www.valuestreamguru.com/?p=405</link>
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		<title>Using Software Like Minitab To Take The Analytic Strain In Lean Projects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although Lean thinking and techniques are generally recognised as being very effective, they are not perfect and one of the common issues raised with regard to lean projects is that the constant analysis and planning/measuring etc can be labour intensive.
So increasingly organisations who are implementing Lean projects are looking for technological solutions to the issue [...]


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		<link>http://www.valuestreamguru.com/?p=403</link>
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		<title>Carter’s 10 Cs OF Supplier Evaluation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carter’s 10 Cs of supplier evaluation or selection is named after ray Carter who originally devised 7 Cs of effective supplier evaluation.  This has since been extended to 10 and they offer a very clear focus for anyone who is involved in either selecting or evaluating suppliers.
The 10 Cs:
1.	 Competency &#8211; this is fundamental [...]


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		<link>http://www.valuestreamguru.com/?p=401</link>
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		<title>Are Lean Manufacturing Qualifications Really Worth It?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since Lean thinking became a popular management theory, the numbers of qualifications relating to Lean Manufacturing also seem to have mushroomed, with a variety of qualifications on offer, from very short training courses, to more in depth courses that take a long time to complete. Which begs the obvious question: “Are Lean manufacturing qualifications really [...]


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		<link>http://www.valuestreamguru.com/?p=399</link>
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		<title>What Is New Product Introduction?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New product introduction or, as it is more generally referred to, new product development is the process involved in bringing any new product into being and then launched onto the market.  So it is more than simply designing and then developing the product itself, it involves defining the market for the product, testing the [...]


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		<link>http://www.valuestreamguru.com/?p=397</link>
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