Summary: My guest on the Business901 podcast this week was Paul Yandell of <a href="http://valuestreamfocus.com">Value Stream Focus</a> and we discussed one of my favorite topics – Middle Management. Paul Yandell, led a lean transformation that won the 2007 Pacific Northwest Silver Medallion Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing. Business Week called the <a href="http://www.shingoprize.org/">Shingo Prize</a> the “Nobel Prize for Manufacturing”. <br> <br> A recent blog post of mine, <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/can-lean-be-driven-by-middle-management/">Can Lean be driven by Middle Management?</a> contains an excerpt of the podcast. Paul has a proven record of leadership developing and implementing world-class lean manufacturing operations and supply chain across multiple industries that reduce cost, improve service, and enhance new product implementation. <br> <br> About: Paul Yandell is a manufacturing and supply chain specialist with strong skills in identifying and eliminating waste and improving operational performance. His particular strengths are building infrastructure to support turnaround and growth situations, building and leading teams in total quality environments and he is bilingual (Spanish). <br> <br> Related Information: <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/does-rowe-solve-some-lean-problems/">Does ROWE solve some Lean problems?</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/an-appreciative-look-at-the-world/">An Appreciative Look at the World</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/the-uniqueness-of-hoshin-kanri/">The Uniqueness of Hoshin Kanri</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/is-your-organizational-culture-limiting-you/">Is your Organizational Culture limiting you?</a>
