Monthly Archives: February 2008
My Blog Had The 18-Hour Flu: Thoughts on Downtime and Management Pressure
So I think things are back to normal after a somewhat stressful day of wondering why my blog "broke." Unlike some web/blog outages and...
Lean Blog Downtime Report and Resolution
Updated: I'm back up and running (almost) as normal as of 10:10 EST. Sorry for any inconvenience. A bit of reflection on the whole...
Lean in a Moose Jaw Hospital
Auto industry process revs up efficiency
No, not a hospital for moose -- a hospital in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The Five Hills Health Region is...
Toyota’s Growth, Globalization, and Training
New York Times Article
Here's a recent article on Toyota's globalization -- how to grow and spread The Toyota Way quickly, yet effectively as they...
Lean Meets Green at Subaru
By Jason Turgeon:Introductions:I'm Jason Turgeon, the newest addition to the Lean Blog team. Mark and I have had an email dialog going for...
A Lean Lab Example
A tour of a LEAN-inspired clinical laboratory | DailyKaizenHere's a nice story by Dr. Ted Eytan about a lab that a colleague of mine...
DFW Lean Blog Event March 15
I'm having a local, informal "Lean Lunch" event in Southlake TX, Saturday March 15 at noon. It's a gathering of some Lean folks from...
Respect for People: US Army Edition
strategy+business, the e-magazine from Booz, Allen & Hamilton, reports how the US Army is changing the way that it shares knowledge within such a...
A Bigger Job for ThedaCare’s Toussaint
Appleton Post-Crescent: Your Fox Cities News Source - ThedaCare CEO takes new jobThedaCare is one of the recognized leaders in the use of Lean...
Putting the cart before the horse
by Mike LopezThis morning, I experienced my annual visit to the optometrist. The wait was 30 minutes, but that is not what I wanted...
Southwest Airlines and the Flying Big Three
Southwest. Way Southwest. - NY Times
Jeff Bailey at the New York Times wrote a great article about Southwest Airlines and their legendary approach to...
A "Lean" Article that Doesn’t Mention Real Lean
Turning Chrysler Into ToyotaIt's disappointing when a publication with the wide audience of BusinessWeek misrepresents the Lean and Toyota Production System concepts. But hey,...