Monthly Archives: August 2005
Upstream Waste Reduction Hurts a Food Bank?
Learning about Lean
Interesting story here on Joe Ely's lean blog... traditional supply/demand mismatch and waste in baking has typically led to "day old" product...
Pelion Systems Targets Automotive Industry With Launch of Pelion Automotive MPO
Press Release:It's pretty tough to cut through the buzzwords to figure out what this "lean software" does."It creates a consistent view of demand for...
TDO Working on Lean Initiative for Health-Care Sector
Press Release:Here is a nice summary of some lean healthcare/hospital efforts under way in New York:"The hospitals applied lean principles in numerous areas, he...
Surgeons Remove Wrong Kidney
7Online.com: Investigation on After Surgical Error
A scary example of the type of medical mistake that happens far too often. I hope that "augmenting...
Toyota Asks "What is Six Sigma?"
Six Sigma Stigma (PDF)
Here's an article from Fast Company magazine. The author visited Toyota in Japan and asked a somewhat uninformed question:
Eager to show we...
Strong Supervision: The Key to Long-term Kaizen
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta Rei
This is a great article by Jon Miller from the Panta Rei lean blog.
Here is a...
Boeing Workers Blame Lean for Shopfloor Cuts
Press-Telegram - News:
It sounds like a compelling argument from the union.
"Jacki Harris, president of United Aerospace Workers Local 148, said she agrees with...
Lean Guru Henderson Transforming Imation
St. Paul Pioneer Press | 08/26/2005 | Imation pins hopes on growth:It's no surprise that lean author Bruce Henderson (Lean Transformation) would be using...
New LEI Case Study – Canada Post
Success StoriesGood case study (with pictures) on applying lean thinking to non-manufacturing environments. The Canada Post team focused on flow, even going so far...
Chasing Cheap Labor in IT
siliconindia.com: "Quoting a new report from market research firm Gartner, Inc. CNN says that a labor crunch and rising wages could erode as much...
Book Review – The paradox of Henry Ford
FT.com / Home UK - The paradox of Henry FordFrom yesterday's paper -- has anyone read this one yet?Another review inadvertantly mentions of the...
Lean Knife Making
HeraldNet: Leaning on a role model:
Another lean transformation snapshot story:
"Three years ago, Buck Knives was manufacturing the old way, using long, specialized assembly...
