PDCA Archives - Art of Lean

My 10 Favorite Problem Solving Quotes

Posted on February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 by Art Smalley

I love problems solving. It was my favorite thing to learn and work on early in my career and still is today. Something about the feeling and sense of accomplishment whenever you are able to wrestle a problem into submission and eliminate it from recurring. Most of my books and work I do for clients involves problem solving in some form or other. Everything is problem solving i...

4 TPS Video Blurb

Posted on October 14, 2018October 14, 2018 by Art Smalley

Here is a short thank you note to the folks at LEI and a video announcement of my latest book. I tried out a website called AutoMagical over the weekend as a test. Here is what I was able to create in about 10 minutes as a sample. The site auto creates some short video style content to augment a blog post.

Dynamics of Problem Solving

Posted on January 7, 2014January 7, 2014 by Art Smalley

Here is a response I gave over on the Lead Edge to a question about problem solving, the scientific method, and cooperation across departments. This particular questions asks why it is so hard to cooperate across functions to solve problems by using the scientific method. Not the exact wording but close enough for short discussion. Problem solving via any method (scientific ...

Houshin Kanri and PDCA Management

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Art Smalley

In this month's question over on the Lean Edge Klaus Peterson, Solar's Group process manager asks how do we ensure focus on constant momentum on our lean journey? My response over on the Lean Edge: This question centers upon how do you maintain focus and momentum on a Lean journey. In a nutshell that is why Toyota developed and utilized its form of Houshin Kanri and PDCA ...