Lean Trainings Blog
Problem Solving Skills on Resume: Why Certifications Beat Bullet Points
If we’re trying to put problem solving skills on resume (or CV — the principle is the same in any market) in a way hiring managers actually take seriously, we’re stuck on the same wall as everyone else: every candidate writes “strong problem-solving skills.” It’s the most overused line on a CV anywhere in the world. Hiring managers in operations have read it 4,000 times by lunch. By the time we’re pasting problem solving skills on resume into our skills section, we’ve already lost the differentiation game.
8D Problem Solving Training: The Customer-Complaint Flavour of Kobetsu Kaizen
If the customer just sent a non-conformance report, this is the article. 8D problem solving training is the structured response we owe a customer when something we shipped didn’t perform — the eight disciplines, in order, signed off by us, audited by them. It’s the version of problem-solving an OEM expects from its supply base, and it’s also the version most teams run badly the first three times they’re asked to.
Problem Solving Training: The Facilitator’s Working Pack (Not Another Course to Buy)
If we run problem solving training for our team, we already know the trap. The room expects clarity. We have 60 minutes — sometimes two hours. Half the participants are sceptical, the other half have heard the 5 Whys / Fishbone / PDCA lecture three times and are waiting to see if we’ll add anything new. By slide three, we either earn the room or we lose it.
Autonomous Maintenance Audit Checklist: How AM Lives Inside the TPM Pillar Framework
If we run an autonomous maintenance audit checklist weekly on a production cell, three things happen — quietly, week after week. The standard stays alive. Operator ownership stays sharp. The slow drift back to “maintenance’s job” never starts. Drop the audit and Step 6 of the rollout (standardisation) regresses to baseline within sixty days. We’ve watched it on enough plants to call it a rule.
How to Improve Problem Solving Skills: A Practitioner’s 90-Day Path
If we Google how to improve problem solving skills, we get the same eight tips on every page. Practice more. Break problems down. Look at things from different angles. Embrace failure. Read books. All true. All useless.
Japanese 5S Methodology: The 2-Minute Backstory You Should Know
We’ve all been in the meeting where someone says “5S” and then someone else says “it’s a Japanese thing, isn’t it” — and the room moves on without anyone explaining what that actually means. If we want a 2-minute answer that holds up the next time it comes up, this is it.
Autonomous Maintenance Training: The Facilitator’s Working Pack
If we run autonomous maintenance training for a shift team, we already know the trap. The room is half maintenance technicians (skeptical — “isn’t this our job?”), half operators (skeptical — “isn’t that maintenance’s job?”), and the supervisor in the back already worrying about the daily 15-minute slot. By slide three, we either earn the room or we lose it for six months.
Hoshin Kanri Template: A Working X-Matrix You Can Actually Fill In
Hoshin Kanri X-Matrix template diagram showing four reading directions: north for top priority improvements, west for annual objectives, east for targets to improve and resources, south for 3-5 year breakthrough objectives, with the correlation matrix in the center and the worked EBITDA-margin example highlighted at the bottom.
5S Training: The Facilitator’s Blueprint for Lasting Change
If we run 5S training for our team, we already know the trap. The room expects clarity. We have 60 minutes — sometimes two hours. Half the people are skeptical, the other half have heard 5S before and are waiting to see if we’ll add anything new. By the third slide, we either earn the room or we lose it.
The 7 Steps of Autonomous Maintenance: A Plant Manager’s Rollout
If we run 7 steps of autonomous maintenance for a real production cell, we already know the diagram is the easy part. The hard part is the cadence — how long each step takes, what shifts on the floor when it lands, and which moves decide whether the rollout sticks at week 12 or quietly collapses by month four.
What Is the First Step in Problem Solving? (Spoiler: It’s Not Define)
If we ask the textbook what is the first step in problem solving, the answer comes back fast: define the problem. Every business school, every certification slide deck, every well-meaning LinkedIn post repeats it. And it’s wrong — or at least, dangerously incomplete.
5S in the Workplace: The 5-Week Rollout We Actually Run
If we’re reading this, we’re probably the person who has to make 5S work. Not the person who wrote the slide deck. Not the consultant who left after the kickoff.