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Home » Authors » Tim McMahon

Tim McMahon

Tim McMahon is an operational excellence leader, author, and blogger. As a Lean practitioner, he brings more than 25 years of leadership experience implementing Lean manufacturing. McMahon has held a number of leadership positions within operations management, Lean, and quality disciplines of innovative high tech manufacturing companies. He is the founder and principal contributor of A Lean Journey Blog, a site dedicated to sharing lessons and experiences regarding Lean thinking, improvement practices, and leadership. By drawing on his experience in Lean, Six Sigma, and Quality Management Systems he co-authored ASQ's Lean Handbook, an educational reference guide to support Lean Certification. He can be reached at [email protected] or visit www.aleanjourney.com or www.linkedin.com/in/timothyfmcmahon/.

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Management

Strategy Planning and Deployment: A Tool to Achieve Excellence

Strategy is not about doing the important things but rather the process of choosing and deciding the plan forward.
Tim McMahon
March 28, 2025

Effective strategy deployment goes beyond management by objectives, requiring a clear vision, defined responsibilities, and aligned resources. It focuses on key objectives that align with customer needs, guiding the organization toward strategic priorities through collaboration.


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Management

The Role of Lean Daily Management in Sustaining a Lean Culture

With Lean day-to-day management, employees are empowered as they play an active role in detecting and resolving problems.
Tim McMahon
December 31, 2024

Lean Daily Management plays a crucial role in sustaining a Lean culture by empowering employees through aligned goals, visual management, daily huddles, and active leadership engagement to foster continuous improvement and effective problem-solving.


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Management

The Secrets to Creating an Effective Value Stream Map

Value-stream mapping is a useful tool for grasping the current situation and for planning improvements.
Tim McMahon
September 16, 2024

Value stream mapping is a powerful tool that reveals every step of your activity cycle, helping you identify what drives success and what doesn't. By spotlighting high-impact initiatives and streamlining less valuable ones, you'll optimize efficiency and maximize results. Discover what truly works and transform your business today!


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Management

The Kaizen Mindset:10 Steps for Executing a Successful Kaizen

Some of the most successful Lean initiatives begin with a commitment to create a culture that’s focused on small, continuous improvements.
Tim McMahon
September 1, 2024

The concept of Kaizen revolves around continuous improvement by making small changes on a regular basis. It involves every employee contributing improvement suggestions regularly, creating a culture focused on small, continuous improvements across the organization.


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Management

Obeya: Introducing The Lean War Room

Creating an Obeya room is akin to creating a command center that draws together leaders from across departments.
Tim McMahon
May 20, 2024

Successful projects need hard work and teamwork to meet goals on time and on budget. Many fail because the team doesn't work together.


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Quality 101

Lean 101: An Introduction to Lean Manufacturing

Lean is about learning to see opportunities and continually improving them.
Tim McMahon
September 15, 2021

Lean manufacturing (or thinking) can help companies gain a competitive advantage. The core idea is to maximize customer value while minimizing waste (and not compromising productivity).


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