Monthly Archives: August 2007
Your Dermatologist Might Not be FIFO
Patients get appointments for Botox faster than for moles: studyYou might expect that a doctor's office either takes appointments in terms of:FIFO (first into...
Book Review: Boeing Versus Airbus
Review by Andy Wagner:
Name of the Book: Boeing Versus Airbus: The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business
Author: John Newhouse
Publication Date: 2007
Book...
Looking for Feedback
Three questions for my readers:How does the Lean Blog (and Podcast) help with your understanding of Lean concepts and implementation? Have the Blog...
"5 Whys" Survey Results: Demographic Breakdown (Q1)
I took another look at the "lean obstacles" survey questions, but this time breaking it down by some key demographic factors (more details here):Public...
2008 TWI Summit
TWI Summit - WebsiteIt really looks like a powerhouse lineup they are starting to form for the 2008 Training Within Industry conference in Orlando,...
"5 Whys" Survey Results, Demographics
Here are demographics from my "5 Whys" survey, in case anyone is interested. I'm going to try to do some basic breakdowns to...
New Norman Bodek Article
IndustryWeek : The Toyota Secret: Constant Change And GrowthHadn't seen this one yet... always good stuff from our friend Norman on the people side...
"5 Whys" Survey Results, Part 2
Question 2 in the Lean Blog survey about Lean obstacles took the same choices as Question 1 and forced the respondents to choose the...
"5 Whys" Survey Results, Part 1
You might recall the annual Lean Enterprise Institute survey that included a question about obstacles to Lean implementation. You might also recall our...
Book Review: Lean For Dummies
Review By Dean Bliss (bio below):
Name of the Book: Lean For Dummies
Authors: Natalie J. Sayer and Bruce Williams
Publication date: 2007
Book description: What's the...
Lean Tools: Digital Pedometers
Omron HJ-112 Digital Premium PedometerOne thing I am often doing in the course of my Lean work is trying to help reduce the "Waste...
Bosses Gone Wild?
Bad bosses get promoted, not punished?
This story is a few weeks old and isn't strictly Lean related, but it's interesting:
How do people get ahead...
