Paranoid Dangers of Lean

1
1

SurvivalBlog.com

Click on the link above if you, ahem, want to read about how “just in time” inventory is jeopardizing us all (warning: major paranoia alert).

When I give lectures or do radio interviews, I'm often asked for proof when I mention that we live in a “fragile society.” Here is one prime example: kanban.

I guess if you are worried about an unpredictable food/grocery supply chain, then, by all means, stock up.

Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org

The RSS feed content you are reading is copyrighted by the author, Mark Graban.

, , , on the author's copyright.


What do you think? Please scroll down (or click) to post a comment. Or please share the post with your thoughts on LinkedIn – and follow me or connect with me there.

Did you like this post? Make sure you don't miss a post or podcast — Subscribe to get notified about posts via email daily or weekly.


Check out my latest book, The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation:

Get New Posts Sent To You

Select list(s):
Previous article"Sheepwalking"
Next article"Good Paying Jobs" for Michigan?
Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups. Mark's new book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation. He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean. Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.

1 COMMENT

  1. Couple of thoughts…

    TEOTWAWKI is waste (at least in my view), so the lean company is working to eliminate it/avoid it (environmentally friendly, respect for people, good community members, build close to and employ your customers, etc)

    Since TEOTWAWKI is waste, companies/governments/individuals use inventories and strategies to buffer it, if it is significant for their customers. In my experience, governments and companies consider natural disasters and community/country stability in plant/facility locations. The optimum location (say make an existing plant larger) may not be chosen. Instead, a separate facility that provides some insulation against TEOTWAWKI.

    If you consider TEOTWAWKI likely, then you have inventory in your basement. Do you kanban and FIFO your inventory to prevent expiration?

    Oh…TEOTWAWKI is The End Of The World as We Know It (as stated by the survivalBlog.com and REM)

    -pdca

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.