Robert B. Camp

Mr. Camp is a 30-year practitioner of Lean. He has worked with organizations as small as 20 employees, as well as those with global span and 30,000 employees. Increasingly, Mr. Camp finds himself working with leadership teams and directing the efforts of teams of Lean practitioners.

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

“No Problem is Problem”

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I’m not sure to whom credit for that statement belongs.  I suspect it is one that originates in the Japanese culture, part of their...
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Monday, August 31, 2015

Fun With 5S - The Garage Game

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 When I’m introducing 5S to a new audience, I like to get them comfortable with the concept.  I ask how many have a garage.  Usually a...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

Distance vs. Frequency Chart

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In a 5S Kaizen event, we eliminate as much from the work area as we can.  What remains, we locate as close to the Point of Use (POU) ...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

Spaghetti Diagrams

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What’s a spaghetti Diagram you ask?  It’s a really nifty tool that maps the movements of an individual operator during the making of on...
Saturday, August 22, 2015

Dealing with "Monuments"

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“What’s a monument?” you ask.   Most organizations have large pieces of equipment that weigh tons, are often half submerged or abov...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Kamishibai (紙芝居) Boards

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Kamishibai is another of those Japanese terms that doesn’t translate easily into English.  The concept is simple, but only recently dup...
Friday, August 14, 2015

Large Room Management (大部屋 Obeya)

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A lot of Americans bridle at the use of Japanese terms to describe Lean things.  I feel very much the opposite.  Language springs from cu...
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Robert B Camp
President & Lead Consultant at Getting To Lean. www.gettingtolean.com Robert works with clients to perform two critical functions: • Identify and Remove waste • Create a leadership team that will sustain the gains made by waste removal
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