Monthly Archives: October 2008
Shortening up the Value Stream
On this blog, there have been several discussions and posts about jobs going overseas, not so much from a protectionist and politics standpoint, but...
Find Your Proper Voting Location
Election Day in the U.S. is next Tuesday. I've already voted, as you can do in Texas (but you can't vote "often"). I guess...
"Superficial Lean" or "Like Lean"??
In my travels, I see a lot of what you might call "superficial Lean," where an organization has tried to implement a Lean tool....
Mark in an Audio Conference about Lean in Hospital Labs
The Dark Report presents a new audio conference on...
FedEx’s Fred Smith on Why We Need Manufacturing
The Weekend Interview - WSJ.comGood interview with the CEO of FedEx, Fred Smith. If you click on the link above, be warned there's some...
Lean in a New Zealand E.R.
Hospital aims for shorter wait times | Otago Daily Times Online
Here's today's positive blog post. For cynicism and negativity on a different Lean topic...
This WSJ Article (as do Many Organizations) Misses the Point of 5S
Neatness Counts at Kyocera and at Others in the 5S Club - WSJ.com
I'm going to violate a rule I have to try not to...
Cutting the Waste of Waiting with PC Bootup
In Age of Impatience, Cutting PC Start Time - NYTimes.com
Honestly -- how many of us just sat and stared at our PC when it...
Blog Comments are NOT Muda
Bold Lentil: Lean Blogging: Comments as Muda?
The blog I've linked to above posed a theory that you could apply "Lean Manufacturing" to the practice...
Birthday Ramblings on Errors and Work Design
Kevin Meyer, over at Evolving Excellence, recently wrote a good piece on "endorsing" a U.S. presidential candidate. Today, I'm technically Constitution-eligible to be...
Emergency Docs Flaunt Standardized Work
Moonlighting county docs raise questions :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: The WatchdogsOK, this isn't strictly a Lean issue, but this caught my eye in the...
Professor Channels Dr. Deming and Writes "Get Rid of the Annual Review"
Get Rid of the Performance Review! - WSJ.com ($$)
A UCLA professor, Samuel A. Culbert, has written a monumental commentary in the Wall Street Journal....
