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5 Why

All About 5 Why

April 5, 2021July 10, 2018 by Christoph Roser

If you’re doing lean, you will encounter people telling you to do “5 Why” everywhere. And the method sounds simple, just ask “Why?” five times to find the root cause of a problem. However, there is a surprising amount of depth to this, as well as some pitfalls. Let me elaborate:

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All About Pull Production

Detailed explanation on pull systems for practicioners, recipient of the Shingo Publication Award: Roser, Christoph, 2021: “All About Pull Production: Designing, Implementing, and Maintaining Kanban, CONWIP, and other Pull Systems in Lean Production. 441 pages, AllAboutLean.com Publishing 2021.
This book is also translated into many other languages.

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