The Lean Logistics Blog

Last week, a group of LeanCor team members volunteered for a local church clothing drive organized by Central Parkway Ministries.  There were 80 boxes of clothing donated for 1500 needy families in the Greater Cincinnati area. Our duties consisted of removing tags, folding, and sorting by size and gender.  The amount of clothing donated required […]

As an advocate of lean, I talk a pretty good game. I love to tell people all about LeanCor and how we make things efficient and how the principles are applicable in daily life.  Reducing waste, increasing velocity and streamlining processes—what’s not to like?  Implementing lean concepts on the assembly line is one thing.  But […]

In lean circles “standard work” is defined as a precise description of each work activity specifying cycle time, takt time, the work sequence of specific tasks, and the minimum inventory of parts on hand needed to conduct the activity. To fully understand this definition one would need to understand a couple other lean terms within […]

5S is the five step process of organizing a workplace. The five steps include: Sort Set Shine Standardize Sustain Shortly after I began working at LeanCor in September, I learned that one of my duties would include conducting a daily 5S auditing process – consisting of a walk through the office and completion of an […]

  As a brand new employee and person to lean, I was a little intimidated during my first week of work at a “lean enterprise.”  I came to LeanCor with a marketing and sales educational background and non-profit career experience where lean thinking wasn’t part of everyday discussion.  I thought, “why is lean such a […]

Image by hawkexpress via Flickr When most people hear continuous improvement, lowering the water level, lean, quality at the source, or PDCA, their minds turn to the business world and workplace improvement. However, because of the nature of our work, LeanCor employees are not “most people” and when I leave the office my mind is […]