Who has tried doing a gemba walk and felt over time they just didn’t add much value? Or that they were OK for a while, but now? It’s a challenge to keep the traditional tools we use for continuous ...

I recently visited a very large and complex manufacturing operation struggling to produce enough material to meet demand. On paper, there seemed little room left for improvement. Conventional wisdom ...

Gemba Walk success depends on a systematic 7-step framework from planning to follow-up. Using the 5-Whys method helps uncover root causes rather than surface symptoms. Digital documentation and ...

Alpha Software announces the Alpha TransForm Gemba Walk App, a mobile-first solution that digitizes shop floor observations, replacing paper-based Gemba walks to accelerate issue detection and improve ...

To some of you, this article may seem repetitious. However, having walked and talked about dozens of manufacturing floors and operations in the past year alone, I can tell you we’re not done ...