The Lean Builder

Defining Value to the Customer

One person's better value can be another's substandard. So how do you define value to the customer?

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There's waste, and then there's waste-mistaken. Builders must learn the difference

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It’s hard to say who has taken the “a la carte” mentality to the most absurd level, the airlines or the rental car companies. Pay for food,...

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Down Under II

I just finished a day in Australia, working with suppliers and trades in one-hour Lean meetings. Guess what? If not for the accent, local...

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Wonder Down Under

For more than 20 years, I have traveled the U.S. and Canada almost weekly. One-hundred nights or more in hotel rooms is not so much fun, but...

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First, Do No Harm

Hoping for something provocative to read on a long trip, I picked up a book of short essays by Kurt Vonnegut. I have always felt an...

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