Tag: China

A Funny Fake News Story for Earth Day, A Sad Reality

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Following up on Jason's post last week about China and pollution, here is a video from the fake (but deadpan funny) Onion News Network...

Lean and Green thoughts on China

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By Jason Turgeon: China's everywhere in the news these days. It seems like you can't open a newspaper (or a feed reader) without reading...

A True Story, Best I Can Tell

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I know this sounds like the stuff of urban legend, but I had someone tell me this story today, someone with no real interest...

Cleaning Out the LeanBlog Backlog – March 27

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Sometimes, I have a collection of news stories or links that I either don't have time to blog about, assume you don't have time...

Turn the Tables on Haier Management?

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Chinese Refrigerator Maker Finds U.S. Chilly - WSJ.com:Here's another case of where your bosses should NOT take manufacturing management practices from the WSJ. In...

Womack on China Costs and Lean Healthcare

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IndustryWeek : Thought Leaders -- Lean On Me (Full Transcript)IndustryWeek : Thought Leaders -- Lean On Me (Print Version)Other blogs, including Gemba Panta Rei...

The Bloodbath to Come

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by Mike Lopez All these lead paint toy scandals are only the beginning. On July 12, 2007, Businessweek ran a story, "Made in China:...

No, Not Spongebob!!

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LEAD SINKS SPONGEBOB CHINA GOODSSung to the TV theme... parody words by Mark Graban"Who's covered in lead and lives under the sea?Spongebob! Squarepants!Whose...

Today’s Editorial Cartoon

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From today's USA Today, on the heels of the recent bad quality from China news, which includes:Baby bibs with lead found at Wal-MartTainted seafood"Chemical...

Let’s Hope They Don’t Name the Grey Paint Color "Lead"

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China's Chery Car: Safe At Any Speed For U.S. Market? - CNBC.comI had a number of readers email me this crash test video of...

Boo Mattel, Hooray Mattel

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Mattel is the latest victim in the "poison products from China" series (the "poison train," as The Consumerist blog calls it). Victim is...

"Root Cause" in the News

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In my morning reading yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised to see the phrase "root cause" in two stories I've written about here:Preventable Medical Errors...