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Thoughts on Lean Manufacturing, Lean Development and Lean Software Development

Wicked Problems

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Thomas

I’m a process guy, a disciple of Lean, Agile, Six Sigma and Empirical Process Control. But I’m also a contrarian, a critic of those same disciplines because they too often focus on so called best practices, usually in the form … Continue reading →

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5S and Epoxy-Polyamide Paint — A Submarine Story

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Thomas

5S is one of the key practices of the Toyota Production System. The 5 S’s derive from five Japanese words which when romanized, begin with the letter ‘S’: Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu, and Shitsuke. The Japanese word Seiso translates to … Continue reading →

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