Lean Newsletter Archive, January 2012

• New (Free) Products: We’ve added to our Lessons of the Day curriculums, so there are even more ways to keep improving your continuous improvement skills.

• Lean Terms: We’ve added 13 new terms to our online guide since our last newsletter.
• What’s New?: We’ve posted several new videos from our Standard Work Overview DVD. And we’ve been reorganizing our product line to make it easier to find the training materials you need.
• Special Offers: As part of our product line reorganization, we have created focused DVD packs and and bundles of related training materials. Get them at a special introductory price.

Jan. 19, 2012

VOL IV, ISSUE #1

ISSN: 1946-5386

Jeff Hajek

Owner and Founder

Read the specials section to hear more about the changes to our product line organization, and check out the new products to see the recent additions to our “Lessons of the Day.”

In addition to those changes, we have also added several new videos. As we release our new DVDs, we like to post clips from them so you can see what they are like before you buy. Check out the list below to see the videos from our new Standard Work DVD.

• What Standard Work Looks Like (plus get a 14-page Standard Work PDF)
• Standard Work Combination Sheet
• Standard Work Sheet
• Takt Time vs. Cycle Time
• How to Calculate Takt Time
• Time Observation Sheet
• Standard Work-in-Process

Our latest terms from our extensive online improvement reference guide include:

• Abnormality Management
• Birdcage
• Leaders
• Marketing
• Manager
• Motion Waste (+Video)
• Opinions
• Opportunities
• Our Process Is Different
• Patterns
• Payback Period
• Rule of Thumb
• Wait Time

View our

Lean Dictionary

Now over 400 terms…

Lessons of the Day (Free!)

We’ve increased the number of ‘Lessons of the Day’ that we now offer. They provide you with a great way to take a systematic approach to learning. Whether you are a novice or an expert, you’ll benefit from the daily reminders to spend a little brainpower on thinking about continuous improvement.

When you sign up, you will get a closed-end series of email messages focused on a single topic.

We currently offer the following Lesson of the Day series:

• Japanese Lean Terms
• Lean Leadership
• Problem Solving
• Standard Work

Standard Work DVD

Our DVD line continues to grow, and we now offer 13 titles.

(Click here to see the complete DVD bundle.)

The latest addition is our Standard Work Overview DVD. One of the biggest benefits of our Lean Training System is the modular approach. Add to the effectiveness of the DVD with a free 14-page PDF on Standard Work, several Standard Work forms, and the available PowerPoint package.

Get Our Combo Bundles for the Price of Just the DVDs!

We mentioned a while back in our last newsletter that we were reorganizing our product line into Training Module Groups. Well, we have gotten that done, and have posted them to our class catalog page.

We are now putting together bundles for these module groups. Each will have a digital bundle, a DVD pack, and a combo with both. We’ve gotten these done for the Lean Leadership and Problem Solving groups, and are offering an introductory special. We are selling the combo packs at the same price as the DVD bundle, so it is like getting the digital products for free. Hurry, as the offer only lasts through the January 27, 2012.

Jeff Hajek is the founder of Velaction Continuous Improvement, LLC, a company dedicated to making your job easier and more rewarding in a Lean environment.

If you liked this issue, you'll love Jeff's practical, easy to read, to the point training materials that help you find win-win solutions so you can quickly overcome Lean obstacles.

You can find out more about Jeff and the wealth of other free resources that he offers at www.Velaction.com.