Tag: Boeing

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 5, 2024

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My Piece for IndustryWeek: Boeing Executives Failed to Lead, Waved Off...

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I wrote this piece for IndustryWeek... it starts: "In January, passengers, crew and the public were stunned by the latest high-profile incident involving a...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: March 22, 2024

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Jim Womack’s Observations and Reflections on the Evolution of Lean [Podcast]

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #499 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is James P. Womack. Jim...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: February 23, 2024

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From 2012: Kaizen on the Boeing 737 Line (Lean and Continuous...

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2024 Preface: I'm re-posting this blog post from 2012 about Lean at Boeing. The WSJ headline emphasizes "speed up," but that could be the...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: February 9, 2024

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Closing Boeing’s “Shadow Factory” is Harder Than it Sounds

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For a long time, I've heard the phrase "the hidden factory" used to describe various forms of waste in a factory, including rework operations...

The Problem (737 MAX and Beyond) at Boeing Isn’t “Idiots.” It’s...

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As we sit in seat 26A, mindlessly watching a movie, we take for granted that our cell phone (or the shirt off our back)...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: January 26, 2024

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What Will a “Quality Stand Down” Day Accomplish at Boeing?

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What do Boeing frontline mechanics and engineers think about this day? What did they expect going into it? How did the day turn out?...

Mistakes are Proof that You’re Trying? A Situational Analysis

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We can all make mistakes, so I advocate for learning from mistakes through my book, podcast, and speaking. I do my best to learn...