Simple Excellence: Organizing & Aligning the Management Team in a Lean Transformation
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Coca-Cola Appoints Adam Zak to Identify New Director, Operational Excellence
The Coca-Cola Company has retained Adam Zak Executive Search to handle the recruitiment of a new Operational Excellence Leader for its global business operations. The Coca-Cola Company has made a no-compromise commitment to driving world class Operational Excellence throughout every … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Zak, Adam Zak Executive Search, business operations, Coca, coca cola, coca cola company, Coke, Cola, Excellence, Executive Search, global business, global enterprise, global search, Lean Leaders, Operational Excellence, things go better with coke, transformation
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Kaizen Kowboys Ride Again
I coined the term “Kaizen Kowboys” a few years ago (Lean Culture: Collected Practices and Cases). Since Bill Wadell was kind enough to reprise its use in his blog yesterday I thought I’d provide a little historical background. The company involved was … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, Adam Zak, Continuous Improvement, Excellence, Executive Search, kaizen event, Kaizen Kowboys, keystone kops, Lean Executive Search, lean principles, LeanRecruiting, manufacturing, operational dynamics, Operational Excellence, PDCA, pdcaSearch, root cause, search methodology, Supply Chain, term kaizen, transformation, trout fishing, value stream
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Build Lean & Operational Excellence Foudation During Times of Stress
Continuously improving means just that. Nowhere is it written that when things aren’t so rosy it’s time to take a break from CI. If your corporate culture has any meaning at all, focusing on Operational Excellence is all the more … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Culture, economic downturn, economic times, growth, growth and profitability, jim womack, Leadership, Lean, Lean Enterprise, lean enterprise institute, Lean Leaders, lean management, lean principles, management culture, Ohno, Operational Excellence, Production, Productivity, Toyota Production System, transformation
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