Tag: WSJ

Stuff I’m Reading, April 20 – Cancer Cars, ThedaCare Payments, Boss...

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In a recurring feature, here are links to some more articles I've read recently that might be of interest: Luxury car program brings cancer patients...

The More Sophisticated Brains – Robots or Employees?

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Last week, an article in the Wall Street Journal caught my eye: "The Robots Are Coming to Hospitals:  A New Breed of Blue-Collar Robots...

WSJ: How to Be a Better Boss? Spend Time on the...

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Last Thursday's Journal had a story titled "How to Be a Better Boss? Spend Time on the Front Lines." The article talks about senior...

Yes, We Need Staff Ideas – But, How to Manage Those...

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It's always great to see stories in the major media outlets about engaging front-line staff in improvement ideas. Recently, we had a piece in...

Fox News Channel Understands “Lean” Better than the WSJ

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On Friday, there was yet another Wall Street Journal article about Lean (fixating as they always do on the "Just In Time" component). The...

Questions about and Lessons from a Steering Wheel Falling Off

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In the news yesterday, a General Motors recall over what could be just one isolated steering wheel problem in an Ohio-built Chevrolet (don't call...

GM Blames Layoffs on the Japan Earthquake and JIT; Should Instead...

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Here is a sad article with the headline"General Motors lays off workers at NY plant." This is an addition to earlier Shreveport layoffs. The media...

Enough with the Factory Bashing, Please – Healthcare Professionals and WIRED...

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Those of you who know my background know that I spent the first 10 years of my career working in various manufacturing sectors (including...

So What If You Don’t Have Stats for Offensive Lineman?

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It's Super Bowl week in the U.S., which is probably even obvious to many readers from outside of North America. As we watch the...

Invest in Robots or in People? Amazon Makes the Lean Decision

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I'm finally blogging about a Wall Street Journal article from just before Christmas - it's still a generally interesting topic, I think. The article...

The Article I *Wish* I Had Read about Starbucks in Yesterday’s...

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For a more traditional approach to this topic, check out this alternative post, "Real Lean at Starbucks or Tayloristic Industrial Engineering?". Below is the more...

Is it “Real Lean” at Starbucks or “Tayloristic Industrial Engineering”?

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Once again, the WSJ has written about Lean at Starbucks (see my last post "Controversy over New Standardized Work at Some Starbucks Stores") in...