Monthly Archives: September 2008
Ford, Henry Ford, the Model T, and a Hospital
Ok, so I'll combine a mish-mash of Ford related topics into a single post here.
First off, it's the 100th anniversary of the Model T,...
Upcoming Charity Auction with Norman Bodek
Some of you might remember that I was offering autographed book copies or autographed labels for "Lean Hospitals" as a fundraiser for the Josie...
"If you didn’t do it in Six Sigma, then it didn’t happen."
Guest Columnist - Quality DigestWow, this is pretty bad... allegedly about GE. Granted, any dysfunctional Lean company could end up with similar dynamics. So...
Wow, the Joint Commission Moves Slowly
Heparin errors and patient harm have been in the news quite a bit the last few years. So what are hospital regulators doing about...
Presenting at the Lab Quality Confab
I'm giving a talk this morning at the "Lab Quality Confab," an event for hospital laboratory leaders. The title of my presentation is "Engaging...
Book Review: The Ice Cream Maker
The Ice Cream Maker: An Inspiring Tale About Making Quality The Key Ingredient in Everything You DoI was reading the WSJ a while back...
Lean meets Green in Burt’s Bees CSR
By Jason Turgeon:Burt's Bees started out making natural beeswax lip balm back in the '80's and ended up making hundreds of other similar body-care...
Best Lean Overview Videos?
Hi everyone - I got stumped on a reader question.... what's the best Lean overview video/DVD that's out on the market now (for a...
The 20 Things a Supervisor Should Not Say
Thanks to Charlie P. for sharing this gem from the now out of print book:
40 Years, 20 Million Ideas: The Toyota Suggestion System ...
Weekend Fun: Saving "Some" Jobs
Obama Promises To Stop America's S***ty Jobs From Going Overseas | The Onion - America's Finest News SourceReplace "some" in my post headline with...
Lean.org’s Connection Finder
Connection Finder - betaI wanted to point out this Lean networking resource, if you haven't seen it. The Lean Enterprise Institute has a "Connection...
"JIT" As A Cause of Delayed Shipments?
"Just in Time" so often gets a bad rap. People blame "JIT" for all sorts of problems, when it's often a problem with how...
