Monthly Archives: June 2010
Guest Post: “Do” Only Gets You Half the Way There, or…”No Pie for You!”
Mark's Note: Today's guest post comes from Mark Hamel, a recent recipient of the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award for his book Kaizen...
Guest Post: Linking the Lean Enterprise
Mark's note: Today's guest blogger is Jim Huntzinger, the organizer of many topical Lean Summits including Lean Accounting, Training Within Industry, and Lean and...
Guest Post: Operations-based Healthcare Design
Mark's note: Today's guest post is by Alica Simmer, a Senior Healthcare Consultant with KHC. I'm happy to have her as a guest blogger...
Guest Post: 7 Lean Ideas For Lawyers
Mark's note: Today's vacation guest post is from D. Mark Jackson, a lawyer who has been studying and embracing Lean principles in a California...
Guest Post: The Role of Middle Management in Toyota or a Lean System
Mark's note: Today is the first of a series of guest posts that will appear over the next two weeks from a variety of...
Simplistic Solutions Can Have Unintended Consequences
An editorial written by an American Airlines pilot in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram caught my attention ("Unintended consequences of the Passenger Bill of Rights")....
1st Day of Lean Healthcare Summit & “On The Mend” Available Now!
We had an amazing first day at the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit here in Orlando. We have 260 Lean healthcare leaders, including about 30...
ThedaCare, Lean, and Primary Care in the News
ThedaCare, the health system in Wisconsin, often gets a lot of attention for the Lean improvements in their four hospitals, but they are also...
Lean Healthcare Examples from Seattle and the UK
This linked article ("Lean cuts Healthcare Costs at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle") summarizes improvements and Lean methods at Seattle's Virginia Mason Medical Center...
Parody Audio: Marketing Lean Healthcare Like the iPad
If you've been anywhere near a TV lately, you've probably heard and seen this hypnotizing "What is iPad?" commercial (YouTube link). The announcer breathlessly...
A Curious Lack of Coffee Cup Error-Proofing in the Air
About a week ago, I was flying, and the passenger beside me knocked his water over right into my lap. Argh!
I sent a Tweet...
Doctor’s Office Raises Price Because They Can?
A common theme I've written about from the start of my blogging days is the Lean/Toyota notion that price is dictated by the market...
