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  • Sounds like Meijer leaders need to get to the "gemba" (the place where the actual work is done).

    Lean Blog 2009

  • We need more of a "gemba" focus instead of a finance focus in healthcare.

    Lean Blog 2009

  • The simple reason being that using terms in their truest form like, "gemba", "muri, mura, and muda", "kaizen", etc make the perception of the activity jaded in the eyes of your customer, that being the operator on the floor and other members of any implementation.

    Lean Blog 2008

  • The simple reason being that using terms in their truest form like, "gemba", "muri, mura, and muda", "kaizen", etc make the perception of the activity jaded in the eyes of your customer, that being the operator on the floor and other members of any implementation.

    Lean Blog 2008

  • The simple reason being that using terms in their truest form like, "gemba", "muri, mura, and muda", "kaizen", etc make the perception of the activity jaded in the eyes of your customer, that being the operator on the floor and other members of any implementation.

    Lean Blog 2008

  • (the "gemba"), things are very much the same regardless of the country you're in.

    Lean Blog 2010

  • American executives are resistant to even "walk the gemba" or participate in a "kaizen event," so they're not likely to ever get on the floor and clean.

    Lean Blog Mark Graban 2010

  • I wonder what kinds of virtual coaching you get to do as the gemba-walking leader?

    Lean Blog Mark Graban 2010

  • I wonder what kinds of virtual coaching you get to do as the gemba-walking leader?

    Lean Blog Mark Graban 2010

  • I wonder what kinds of virtual coaching you get to do as the gemba-walking leader?

    Lean Blog Mark Graban 2010

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