The Lean Logistics Blog

I recently read Jim Womack’s Gemba Walks, which has been one of my personal favorite books to date.  Upon completion, I began to reflect on my own many gemba walks, both those in my professional career and as a consumer. As someone with a passion for lean and customer service, I quickly thought of a […]

Are we better today, than yesterday? Do you really know the score of the game? What are we doing today, to ensure we are better tomorrow? Has anyone ever asked you these questions? Have you asked yourself?  If not, they are questions we should always be asking ourselves as lean thinkers. I have been mulling […]

The Business Development team recently completed a 4-minute capabilities video to tell the LeanCor Supply Chain Group story: Check it out and let us know what you think!   Posted by Kelley Dodd, Marketing Specialist at LeanCor Supply Chain Group.   Related articles Special Post: Healing Supply Chain Pain (A Multi-Client Case Study) (leanlogisticsblog.leancor.com) 4 […]

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 […]

Three years ago as I signed the stack of closing papers for our first home, little did I realize the amount of preventative maintenance and DIY (Do-It-Yourself) projects that come with home ownership!  I’ve learned to apply a couple saving lean tools over the past couple years. 1. 5S and Visual Management: Labeling key gas […]

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 […]