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Featured Article

  Lean Problem Solving and Continuous Improvement of
  Accounting Processes

  By Brian Maskell and the BMA Team

This article is the second in a series about lean accounting methods. The series will be based on the newest book, published in October 2007, The Lean Business Management System; Lean Accounting Principles & Practices Toolkit.

One key motivation for making the transition away from traditional cost accounting is to enable the accountants to support the lean manufacturing culture by providing information that is relevant and actionable so that lean continuous improvement is empowered at every level of the organization.

Lean accounting seeks to apply lean to the company’s accounting processes; and to create accounting, control, and measurement systems that support lean. In this article, we will address the first of these themes and will tackle questions like: “How do we make our accounting processes truly flow?” Or, “How do we eliminate waste from the accounting processes?” And “How do we make our accounting processes self-improving?”

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Featured book

  Value Acceleration
  
  by Mitchell Gooze

Value Acceleration teaches top level executives how to leverage 20th century accomplishments into 21st century competitive advantage. The book reveals the ideas that now underline competitive advantage, and how to use them to your advantage. This book discusses three central ideas: The crucial need for process management in marketing; The first comprehensive, over-arching, and hierarchical process model of the entire marketing function; Specific and time-proven principles by which your marketing process is best managed for effectiveness and efficiency.

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Upcoming Events

AME Annual Conference
Toronto: 20 October

The largest lean enterprise excellence conference in North America, for practioners by practioners. Workshops, seminars, plant tours, and keynote speakers.
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AME San Diego
Regional Conference
San Diego: 9 June

13 tours, 32 best practice presentations, 18 world class workshops. For practitioners by practitioners.
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Lean Accounting Summit
Las Vegas: 17 Sep 2008

The Lean Accounting Summit is a movement of manufacturing professionals that recognize the gap that exists between traditional accounting methods and the Lean Enterprise.
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Lean and Green Summit
Boulder: 17 July 2008

The Lean and Green Summit will gather industry professionals already making strides toward sustainability and those who want to start making the short-term AND long-term changes needed.
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We have just added several new videos to the DVD library, Spanish versions of several PowerPoint presentations, new simulations and games, and a wide variety of full training packages.

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NewsLetter

Superfactory publishes a free monthly e-newsletter to over 50,000 manufacturing professionals worldwide. Each issue includes industry news, articles, and book reviews.

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PowerPoint Presentations

Download PowerPoint training presentations on over 50 topics. Spanish versions also available.
 
Lean Overview - 3P - 5S - Jidoka - Kaizen - Value Streams - Visual Factory - Pull - JIT - Kanban - Quick Changeover - Cellular Manufacturing - Theory of Constraints - TWI - TPM - Lean Office - TQM - SPC - Root Cause Analysis - Six Sigma - FMEA - Balanced Scorecard - Competitive Intelligence - Knowledge Management - Job Design - Outsourcing Strategy - Supply Chain Strategy - Strategic Management - Project Management - and many more
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Training Packages

Full packages with facilitator guides, participant workbooks, digital media, and all forms and worksheets.
 
Lean Overview - Value Stream Mapping, 5S, Quick Changeover, Lean Manufacturing Workshop, 5S Office, VSM Office, Classic Kaizen, Quick and Easy Kaizen, Lean Overview (Spanish), 5S (Spanish), Value Stream Mapping (Spanish)
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DVD Videos

Training and information videos on a wide variety of lean manufacturing topics.
 
Life in a Workcell - Batchin' - What Lean Means - Kaizen Blitz - Shigeo Shingo - Lean Accounting - ESD - 5S - Quick and Easy Kaizen - Customer Satisfaction - Work Teams - Velocity at Dell - Strategic Planning
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Games and Simulations

Training simulations and games to demonstrate the power of lean.
 
Lean Manufacturing - Just in Time, Factory Flow - 5S
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Factory Toolbox

Over 500 forms, procedure templates, and tools for download.
 
Lean Toolkit - Procedures Toolkit - Quality Toolkit - Tools and Forms Toolkit - Engineering Toolkit - Materials Toolkit - Safety Toolkit - HR Toolkit - Six Sigma Toolkit - Finance Tookit
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Online Learning

Web-based online training on lean manufacturing topics
 
Lean Overview - 3P - 5S - Jidoka - Kaizen - Value Streams - Visual Factory - Pull - JIT - Kanban - Quick Changeover - Cellular Manufacturing - Theory of Constraints - TWI - TPM
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