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Push and pull? What’s the best model for your business?

6 minutes Operational excellence is based on a few concepts, one of them being: Just in time. But how do you make sure you are always delivering just in time? There are two main flow delivery techniques: push and pull. Let’s dig into the concept, the differences, when it applies and how…

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Eponine Pauchard March 2021 March 2021Lean culture

Six Sigma: why (and how) to use this methodology

4 minutes In the world of quality and continuous improvement the term Six Sigma is often used. True to my objective of deciphering, I present you the method, step by step and tell you in which cases it is the more effective. Six Sigma Principle Formalized by Bill Smith (Motorola) in the…

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Eponine Pauchard March 2020 April 2020Tools / Methods

Making a decision, without getting too caught up in it all

4 minutes Having a hard time choosing the right solution for your project? Don’t know what the right decision is? In this article, I will present different methods for making decisions. They can be used both in the professional world and in the personal sphere, for decisions related to your life. The…

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Eponine Pauchard December 2019 May 2020Tools / Methods

From the brilliant idea to the manufactured product: setbacks of Kickstarter projects

4 minutes Crowdfunding is trendy. This is a very convenient way of financing for creators who want to bring their ideas to life. However, many projects fail and products are never delivered. Why ? Simply because industrialization can not be improvised. This is a complex process that large manufacturing companies find difficult…

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Eponine Pauchard April 2017 December 2018Lean examples

More pitfall to outwit to succeed your lean culture implementation

3 minutes If you’ve started to implement lean successfully, you’ve probably avoided the first four pitfalls. Senior management and the board are convinced and you are ready! I present you now four other classic pitfalls, as well as tips to avoid them.

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Eponine Pauchard February 2017 January 2019Lean culture

You implement a culture of operational excellence? Here are the pitfall to outwit!

4 minutes To face the competition, or improve your performance in a more difficult economic period, you may be thinking of the magical “lean” recipe. Operational excellence brings results that can sometimes make you think of miracles. However, the pitfalls are numerous, and fortunately, known. I suggest you take a look at…

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Eponine Pauchard January 2017 January 2019Lean culture

Leverage positive mistakes

3 minutes Faites-vous des erreurs ? En avez-vous jamais fait dans votre carrière ou votre vie ? C’est normal de se tromper, ce qui distingue les bonnes des mauvaises erreurs, c’est la façon dont nous réagissons après les avoir commises.

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Eponine Pauchard December 2015 December 2018Lean culture

Reduce project costs with Pareto

3 minutes In operational excellence, we aim for the achievement of the six sigma, 99.99966% of quality. But this goal of perfection only applies to the quality of certain products and services. We all too often forget that for a project, we have to reduce our goal, at the risk of exceeding…

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Eponine Pauchard March 2015 December 2018Tools / Methods

Problem-solving pitfalls to avoid

5 minutes After sharing with you with two problem-solving methodologies, I would like to come back to the classic pitfalls of problem solving. Whether for senior professionals or beginners, we can all fall into these few. The human mind is so made that we need to force ourselves (a little bit) to…

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Eponine Pauchard June 2014 January 2019Tools / Methods
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