http://www.supplychainview.com/blog/2007/07/scottish-exec-evaluation-of-lean/ A closer look at the supply chain Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:34:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.supplychainview.com/blog/2007/07/scottish-exec-evaluation-of-lean/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Ross Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:05:45 +0000 http://www.supplychainview.com/blog/?p=42#comment-34 My feeling is Kaizen Blitzes are probably being misused. It’s a bit like a youngster copying some dramatic shooting skill he sees his football hero do on TV. It might work occasionally, but the years of practice and training - the solid background gets missed. The difference is the star looks solid 90% of the time and spectacular 10%, our aspiring prodigy on the other hand looks rubbish for 90% and lucky for the rest. My feeling is Kaizen Blitzes are probably being misused. It’s a bit like a youngster copying some dramatic shooting skill he sees his football hero do on TV. It might work occasionally, but the years of practice and training – the solid background gets missed. The difference is the star looks solid 90% of the time and spectacular 10%, our aspiring prodigy on the other hand looks rubbish for 90% and lucky for the rest.

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