Monthly Archives: November 2005
Officials wary of border uniforms made in Mexico
News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News | LOCAL NEWS This begs the question -- how many uniform/clothing factories are left in the...
Detroit News on Toyota: "Relentless"
Article Link --> Relentless-Toyota is poised to overtake GM, but here's the scariest part: Now it's stepping on the gas.Interesting "state of Toyota"...
Operating on the wrong body part
Serious errors by doctor, nurse reported at St. Mary's Medical CenterThis kind of article is published far too often, but this statistic is alarming:"Doctors...
Muda = "Stupid-Nothing"??
Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Improvement Tip: Find "Muda" and Root it OutThe IHI is doing a great job of driving lean in the healthcare...
‘Roger & Me’ all over again
Similar Article, Free LinkA friend sent this link to me this afternoon almost immediately following a discussion we had about the current state and...
Skilled Worker Shortage – Only for "Bad" Companies?
CNN - Nov. 22, 2005How ironic that we're reading about mass layoffs in the "big, old, and slow" companies (such as the auto industry)...
Level Loaded Heart Attacks?
Doctor's Advice: Have Your Heart Attack During Normal Business Hours
Now this is sad, maybe it's not surprising. A study has shown that a...
Welcome to the Blog World, Mr. Bodek
Kaikaku
Norman Bodek now has a lean blog, the link is above. I conducted an interview with Mr. Bodek last week. I'm hoping...
Toyota Quickens Quest to Unseat GM
Toyota Quickens Quest to Unseat GM
As a friend in Detroit pointed out, it's interesting that Toyota is allowing Fuji/Subaru to build Toyota vehicles in...
Toyota plant halted after fire
Reuters Business Channel | Reuters.com
Unlike another blog, I'll point out that were no injuries here. Here's proof, for those of you who want...
Quelling Command and Control Thinking
QW: Freedom from command
This might make for interesting reading in conjunction with the earlier piece on a Lean Air Force.
Consultant and writer John Seddon...
Can the value of a process be defined by its output?
Something happened this morning that caused me to start thinking about this and it's been hanging around with me all day. Outputs, in my...
