Human nature typically influences people to solve problems in a vacuum. The consequential risk is devising ineffective solutions that are temporary bandages. The A3 approach forces engagement of all ...

For an investor or entrepreneur in the manufacturing sector, specifically, pharmaceutical industry, adopting A3 Problem-Solving tool is critical for high profitability and cuts off excesses. To this ...

In any workplace, problems arise every day that need to be solved. In a manufacturing environment, solving problems can be challenging due to the large number of interrelated systems that exist in the ...

In any workplace, problems arise every day that need to be solved. In a manufacturing environment, solving problems can be challenging due to the large number of interrelated systems that exist in the ...

A3 is less of a business model or strategy and more of a process. Companies use the A3 process to engage in group-based problem solving to quickly get at the root of a problem. Companies also use the ...

The more I research the problems that bedevil U.S. manufacturers and try to find and share the stories of companies that are solving them, the more I appreciate lean management principles. More ...

ONE of the problem-solving lessons I learned from Toyota was called the "A3 thinking." Developed in the 1940s, it was a concept based on the A3 sheet of paper, which is 11 by 17 inches in size, at the ...