Monthly Archives: April 2008
Updated: Problems at JPS Hospital, Part 1
Update 5/1/08: The CEO is being forced out, "retiring" in SeptemberStar-Telegram.com: | 04/27/2008 | JPS patients get shortchanged as cash surpluses keep growingSecondary article...
Costs "Forcing" US Firms Out of China
AFP: Costs driving US manufacturing firms out of China: AmCham"Forcing" is a strange word to use. It's really a business choice, one way or...
Can Convis Turn Dana Around?
toledoblade.com -- Dana CEO, veteran of Toyota, hailed as mentorHere's another nice article that gives an overview of the leadership style of Gary Convis,...
Trouble in a Fort Worth Hospital
JPS patients get shortchanged as cash surpluses keep growingThis linked article is a preview of what I'll be blogging about next. I'm trying an...
Moving a Factory to Mexico
How I Helped Move a Factory to Mexico - Business WeekHat tip to Jennifer in Washington state for pointing this article out to me....
LeanBlog Podcast #41 – Jeff Liker on His Book Toyota Culture, Part 3
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Here is LeanBlog Podcast #41 with Dr. Jeffrey Liker, Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. Dr. Liker is most...
Reducing the Waste of Waiting in the NFL Draft
NFL teams play hurry-up offense in draft - USATODAY.comI'm not a huge NFL Draft geek. It's on right now, but I'm watching some hockey...
Meeting Norman Bodek for the First Time; Healthcare and Mistakes
Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of meeting Norman Bodek in person for the first time. After all of our podcasts and...
Cleaning up the LeanBlog Backlog
Time is short for a full post, so here's an effort to clean out the backlog and to give you some links to check...
Reader Question: GM and Lean
From Devin, a graduate student, posted with his permission: "I'm an operations management student who is writing a report on lean manufacturing at GM....
Thinking is For Factories, Too
Seth's Blog: Henry Ford and the source of our fear
I really like Seth Godin's blog... but when he steps into "Lean" territory, he tends...
Google-Funded eSolar project shows signs of Lean Thinking
By Jason Turgeon:Google made headlines last year when it announced it that it was going to devote a significant chunk of cash to developing...
