Tag: Flinchbaugh
More Lean Q&A
Here is the final installment of the lean Q&A, but if you have more questions, please feel free to comment here and I'll post...
More Lean Q&A
I recently posted some Lean Q&A. These questions came from an Industry Week webcast that I did with sponsor Infor, and there were plenty...
Hoshin Kanri
I personally believe that hoshin kanri is generally poorly understood and underrepresented in the lean world. To apply PDCA, the most fundamental improvement practice,...
Getting Lean Right, and Getting References Right
Quite some time ago, I wrote an article titled Getting Lean Right. I included a quote from someone which I did not have a...
New Directions, Bad Lean Strategies and Leading Lean
Throughout my travels, I continue to be frustrated with the lack of creative thinking that is going into lean transformation strategies. I was recently...
Lean Student Paper Contest – Win $$$
By Jamie FlinchbaughOK, maybe not $$$, but you can win $500. As some of you may know, I am passionate about education. Here's a...
Future Leaders from the Ranks of our Colleges and Universities
by Jamie FlinchbaughI'm not sure if this has much to do with lean, other than to say that business leaders are needed to make...
Leading Lean: PDCA
In my Assembly Magazine monthly column Leading Lean, I chose to address in December one of my favorite topics, PDCA or Plan-Do-Check-Act. This is...
Secrets to Success from Phil Gordon
Recently I was giving a speech and had to follow Phil Gordon, famous poker pro and host of Celebrity Poker Showdown. Needless to say,...
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean ON SALE!
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers is offering a special holiday sale on their best-seller for 2006, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean: Lessons from the...
Smashing the Clock: Getting Rid of Time Standards
The cover story this week in Business Week is called Smashing the Clock. It is the story of Best Buy's removal of all expectations...
