February 2nd, 2021

How do you train 5S

The reason 5S is different is that, unlike just about every other Lean technique, it is not based on processes, but instead on the work environment. If you’re not careful when training, this can make it seem overly simplistic when in reality a detailed appreciation of each of the 5 S’s is essential if they’re to be […]

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November 16th, 2020

So, what is an empowered team?

The individuals in an empowered team (also known as a ‘self-directed’ or ‘self-managed’) are not too different from that of the average traditional team. With an empowered team knowledge, experience and motivation are fully utilised, as they are given more freedom over the way they work. It is not the team members or team roles […]

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July 7th, 2020

Operations Resilience and Thriving in the New Reality

How businesses leverage their Networked Organisation to exploit the ‘hidden’ margin benefits in the value-chain and stimulate cashflows For many organisations the pandemic has exposed a lack of resilience in their business. Businesses are seeking ‘Competitive Survival’ in a rapidly changing environment, and the capability to manage disruption and uncertainty to mitigate risks and emerge […]

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May 7th, 2020

3 Vital Skills for High Performance Leaders

Being a high-performance leader may come more naturally to some than others.  However, the skills required can also be learned, developed, and continuously improved.  Here are our observations on the leadership skills that most often crop up in our coaching work with leaders and managers. The three skill areas that leaders can lever to bring […]

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April 27th, 2020

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Bourton Group LLP welcomes new addition to Consulting Team

Bourton Group LLP is delighted to announce that Sharon Banks has joined its consulting team as an Associate Senior Consultant. Sharon is a Lean expert with extensive experience of working in Government agencies at a senior level for many years. During her career, Sharon has led large

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April 15th, 2020

Takt Time

Using Takt Time to meet customer expectations

When you’re first introduced to Lean, one of the things that can be slightly confusing is the many ways in which ‘time’ is mentioned. We all understand that time elapses and that any given moment is a specific time, but suddenly in Lean we hear phrases like: Cycle Time Lead Time Work Content Time Elapsed […]

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February 27th, 2020

Succession planning is critical to any business’ long-term success

I’ve recently been working with an organisation that has several key members of staff retiring from the business over the next few years.  Realising the risk to the business from a shortfall of valuable knowledge and experience needed for successful running of day to day operations; they have identified a need to plan for dealing […]

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February 11th, 2020

There doesn’t need to be a problem to use improvement techniques

Measuring the Return on Investment of Continuous Improvement (CI) Much is written and published about when, where and how to implement Continuous Improvement (CI), less is said about why. To some extent, it could be that the reason why seems obvious – if you have a problem, the reason you use CI techniques is that […]

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January 21st, 2020

Lean and your business, better

The constant challenge for business leaders is to understand that there may be a better way to carry out business activity than the one that has been successful for the last 30 years and is now ingrained into the values and beliefs of their organisation. Lean Thinking was developed for the manufacturing sector during the […]

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