Monthly Archives: April 2009
Batched @ the Hospital
Lean Leap to Health Care #2
(click for Part #1)
by Scott McDuffee
Greeted by a guy in a royal blue volunteer's jacket, I was directed...
Airbus "Violated Key Tenet of Lean"?
Airbus Aims to Pull Back Without Stalling - WSJ.com:This recent article about Airbus talks about facing a challenge of declining airplane orders.Airbus said Friday...
Online WSJ Comment from Toyota Person
Toyota Poised to Make Shift in North America - WSJ.com
Interesting WSJ comment from this recent piece about planned management changes in North America.
Jim Lentz,...
Book Giveaway Winners Announced
Hi - thanks to those who entered the contest by signing up for my newsletter list. I will email the winners today for you...
Misguided Error Proofing?
A core Lean concept is "error proofing." We use physical devices or processes that make it difficult or impossible for errors to be made....
Tips from the LEI Lean Transformation Summit
Being LEAN in tough economic times | Article |Thanks to Liz Guthridge (@lizguthridge on Twitter) for these notes from the recent LEI summit,...
Japan’s CEO Aren’t Greedy Villains
In Japan, more CEOs share the pain of tough times - USATODAY.comThe USA Today, whether they're trying or not, is doing a good job...
Standardized Work Should Not be Robotic – Especially in Healthcare
Why 'Quality' Care Is Dangerous - WSJ.com
Yesterday's WSJ opinion piece by Dr. Jerome Goopman (author of How Doctors Think) and Pamela Hartzband caught my...
A Simple Toyota Root Cause Problem-Solving Example — From USA Today
A USA Today article offered a small but telling example of how Toyota applies root cause problem solving and kaizen in everyday work. Even...
Employee Retention at the Lean Dentist’s Office
leanblog.org | Lean Blog: Q&A With the Lean Dentist, Part 2This is an old post from 18 months ago, but someone asked Dr. Sami...
Lean Leap to Health Care #1
Mark's Note: Welcome to the first in what will be a series of blog posts from Scott McDuffee. I was introduced to Scott through...
Upcoming Healthcare Conference with Dean Bliss
Mark's note: Dean told me about his involvement in this event and I asked him to share a bit about it here:By Dean Bliss:Those...
