2-day online Lean Basic seminar from November 11th to 12th, 2020

Target group: Employees, specialists and managers, lean coaches, process managers and clerks from production, administration and indirect company areas (production, planning, SCM, purchasing, marketing, office, order processing, finance and controlling). Your benefit You will receive an introduction to lean management and the …

Best practice: Successful entry into digitization with lean administration

The consistent implementation of lean management principles has now proven to be best practice for successful digitization. The following features contribute to the success of digitization: 1. Customer orientation: Every lean implementation begins with the consistent clarification of customer needs in order …

With an excellent recruitment process for top employees: no more rejections from desired candidates due to cumbersome application processes

Specialists are less and less willing to wait long for the company’s decision when looking for a job. A well-functioning recruiting process therefore becomes a competitive advantage in the fight for the best employees. What is astonishing here is the often observed …

Why we need lean management more urgently than ever: Experts warn that the German economy is overheating.

The German government’s council of experts warns that the German economy will be overstretched. In addition to the positive effects associated with it, such as a reduction in unemployment, this growth can also become problematic. If orders cannot be executed due to …

Satisfied employees through Lean (6): Productive meeting culture

Several studies have shown that employees in German companies spend an average of 19% of their working time in meetings. However, only a good half of the to-dos planned in these meetings are actually implemented. Own estimates from several large companies are …

Satisfied employees through Lean (5): Positive working atmosphere

A positive working atmosphere is an essential prerequisite for job satisfaction. You like going to the office if you get on well with your colleagues. Also, well-functioning teams perform significantly better than in the case of conflicts within the team. Unfortunately, today’s …

Satisfied employees through Lean (4): Working in flow

We know from happiness research that it is not money and material prosperity that guarantee happiness and contentment, but the moments in life when we are intensely absorbed in something and forget the space and time around us. The well-known happiness researcher …

Satisfied employees through Lean (2): Happy through a sense of achievement

Success experiences make us happy and strengthen our self-esteem and well-being. Providing the customer with exactly what he needs or having the right information at the right time makes us feel that our work is needed and contributes to job satisfaction. …

Lecture: Satisfied employees through lean administration

On February 25th, I will be giving a presentation at the ‘LeanAroundTheClock’ congress on how Lean can contribute to employee satisfaction. More information will follow here on the blog. Ideas and suggestions for additions are very welcome. …

Lean Administration Applied: The Recruitment Process (Part 2)

What happens now? As I said, the joint recording of the actual lived process already provides for some ‘aha effects’: often here it is understood first of all what the colleagues are doing and what they actually need for their work. Now …

Lean Administration Survey

Last year, Saheb Consulting conducted a company survey on the subject of ‘lean administration’. The aim of the survey was to show what benefits are associated with the implementation and where the greatest obstacles lie. 60 companies took part. The results are …

Lean Administration Applied: The Recruitment Process (Part 1)

Lean Administration Applied: The Recruitment Process (Part 1) In view of the looming shortage of skilled workers, many companies are stepping up their efforts to attract interesting candidates. What is striking is that after the first contact, hardly any attention is paid …