Tag: Deming
Eiji Toyoda, Credited with Developing TPS and Expanding Toyota into North...
Eiji Toyoda, a key figure in the growth and expansion of Toyota and the Toyota Production System practices has passed away this week, just...
What the Book “Lean Thinking” Said About Healthcare in 1996
When the book Lean Thinking (by Jim Womack and Dan Jones) was originally published in 1996, it seems likely that hardly anyone was applying Lean principles in healthcare. Sure, you had organizations applying TQM or CQI principles (or even some of the lessons of Dr. W. Edwards Deming). Joan Wellman did some of her first Lean healthcare experiments in 1995, but there weren't any "Lean healthcare" case studies yet. What does their book say?
My Article on Lean Healthcare, Employee & Patient Safety in QHSE...
QHSE Focus, an iPad magazine, asked me to contribute a piece on Lean healthcare.
They published my piece titled, "Employee & Patient Safety: The Only...
Highlights & Notes from “The Essential #Deming”
I was fortunate to be exposed to the writings of W. Edwards Deming before I even learned about Lean. While I sometimes get tired...
Management Improvement Carnival #197: Lean & Deming
Again, I'm very happy to host the Carnival for John Hunter and his Curious Cat management improvement blog. My job here is to share...
Service and Quality Start with Who?
A Lean thinking friend's wife had emergency surgery (she is going to be fine) and my friend sent some pictures of Lean-related things he...
Dr. Deming’s “Role of a Manager of People”
Dr. W. Edwards Deming's last book was The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education. In Chapter 5, Deming writes, "Transformation in any organization will...
Podcast #174 – John Hunter, on His Book ‘Management Matters,’ Dr....
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My guest for podcast #174 is John Hunter, a long-time friend and fellow blogger - at his Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog and, more...
“My Best Mistake:” Working for General Motors
As a LinkedIn "Influencer," I was invited to contribute a story to the "My Best Mistake" series. I wrote about something I, at first,...
Live Blogging AME Spring Conference: 17 Years of Lean at Autoliv
I've been fortunate to have the chance to visit an Autoliv factory in Utah - a great Lean company that makes air bags and...
Stephen Parry, on His Book ‘Sense and Respond,’ How Lean Engages...
My guest for episode #170 is Stephen Parry, joining us from England. He is a keynote speaker at the upcoming Lean Kanban North America...
“You can’t expect a microwave pope”
In all of the news of the newly announced Pope Francis, this line from a news article made me chuckle... after three votes did...
