INDUSTRIES SERVICES EXPERIENCES LEARN BLOG CAREERS ABOUT CONTACT Login Latest Posts Latest info from Kaas Tailored. Why even bother with Continuous Improvement? In the spring of 2021, on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month, Kaas Tailored is hosting a series on Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement. To register to join in on the fun, please go here. What is a system? Before talking about Improvement Systems, let’s make sure we are talking about the same […] READ MORE How Long Does it Take to Develop Trust in Daily Huddles? When it comes to building trust, I’m really a big proponent of looking at interactions within the team to determine how the system is performing. READ MORE How Much Time Does it Take to Implement Huddles in an Organization? When it comes to implementing Daily Huddles, before you walk, you have to just lift your head up and go, with flow, creating the kind of lifestyle value. In this post, Jeff talks about how implementing daily huddles within an organization doesn’t happen overnight. READ MORE What Happens When Leadership is Not in Alignment Around Strategy? As a leader, if you have more authority, the damage that you can do is so high. So as leaders within an organization, we need to make sure that we have the same principles, and are aligned. READ MORE How Yesterday Informs Tomorrow At Kaas Tailored we use the “today, tomorrow, day-after-tomorrow” thinking model to help us with the idea of time frame. We talk a lot about today, tomorrow, and day-after-tomorrow. But yesterday actually informs it all. READ MORE What Elements Should You Include in Your Visual Management System? How do you know what elements you should make visual? You have to be very selective. The first part is deciding who’s the customer. A lot of times when people make things, it’s for 10 different customers so the whole thing gets watered down. But choosing one customer helps us set clear constraints and contrasts. READ MORE How Kaas Tailored Uses Visual Management Tools In the fall of 2020, Kaas Tailored hosted a series of Zoom calls unpacking our Daily Management System (DMS). Each month we focused on a different element of our DMS, starting with strategy, then discussing daily huddles, then talking about Visual Management Systems (VMS), and ending with Leader Standard Work. In this post, we look […] READ MORE How Does an Organization Adopt a Daily Management System? For a lot of you, this is really being done to you by the corner office and there’s not a lot you can do in the structure you have. Trying to fight the government or the City Hall is probably not so smart. I would just say, “Start where you’re at.” READ MORE How Visual Management Systems Help Reduce Waste One of the advantages of having such a diverse workgroup as we have at our company (with over 14 languages spoken in our factory) is that Kaas has to be thinking of ways that we can allow people to know the truth so that they can move freely without waste. READ MORE How Kaas Tailored Runs Daily Huddles At Kaas Tailored, we have various huddles that meet daily to walk through our “information factory.” There are a variety of tools to choose from to help organize daily huddles, but we use Trello and Zoom. I participate in a huddle every day at 7:30. We all call in from wherever we are in the world. When I say “we all,” I mean all the responsible parties over our entire organization. We could not have successful huddles if we left out a section of our organization. So there are 11 leaders on the call every day. READ MORE Posts navigation Load More Kaas Tailored Contact 425 743 1886 tel 425 348 7234 fax info@kaastailored.com 13000 Beverly Park Rd. Suite A Mukilteo, Washington 98275 YOUTUBE FACEBOOK LINKEDIN INSTAGRAM PINTEREST General Blog Careers Contact Purchase Order Notes Terms and Conditions Privacy Policy PPE EUA Kaas Tailored Manufacturing Services Rapid Prototyping JIT Production System Integrated Logistics New Product Design Product Localization Raw Materials Management Pre-Designed Furniture Industries Original Equipment Manufacturer Commercial Selling Workplace Furniture For Your Home PPE Kaas Waste Tours Services Kaas Academy Zoom Archives Virtual Waste Tour Field Day Boot Camp Industries Served Contact Us © 2020 Kaas Tailored. All rights reserved.