Recently I delivered an hour long Webinar on A3 Thinking for OPS Group, Inc. I agreed to post the presentation slides on-line for interested parties. I will make a pdf version of the material available here.
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Video: Patterns of Kaizen and A3 Thinking
Here is an attempt to add some sound and basic video editing to a presentation that I have given over the years. I am not including any video footage of myself in the presentation. For simplicity I am just adding audio and some effects to the presentation files and uploading it onto a video hosting site. This presentation runs about 41 minutes in length. FYI: there are a few ro...
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Patterns of Kaizen and A3 Thinking
Here is a presentation that I gave some time ago and uploaded onto the Slideshare.com website as an experiment. I'll try adding audio to the file at a later date.
Patterns Of Kaizen & A3 Thinking
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When to Write an A3 Report
A reader named Vimal from a processing company writes in this week with the following question:
Organizations encounter a number of problems of extremely different variety, importance and scale on a daily basis. However, addressing each of these problems using an A3 approach can be very challenging. How do we determine whether or not a problem demands an A3 approach to solving...
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A3 Communication Advice
A client asked me to give some pointers pertaining to A3 presentations and communication points. Here is a list of ten things that I mentioned and a few words of advice pertaining to each point. The following list is not exhaustive by any means and is just intended as some points of practical advice for thought starters. (more…)
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Common Mistakes in A3 Report Writing
Assembly Magazine did an article similar to this topic some type a while ago. At a recent client off site meeting I was asked to briefly discuss common mistakes I see made in A3 reports. The list is simply populated by observation and no doubt might change over time. It also varies of course widely case by case, company by company, etc. Here are a dozen items that I mentioned d...
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A3 Mistakes to Avoid
Austin Weber of Assembly Magazine summarizes the common mistakes to avoid in creating A3 style documents. Click the link below to read his article.
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