Monthly Archives: December 2005
Lean Healthcare: Protecting Yourself in the Hospital
USATODAY.com - Your healthYou have to scroll down to see this on USA Today's site, so here's the whole article with my commentary. ...
A Manufacturing Apprentice
:: LFM-SDM NEWS :::Congratulations to Randal Pinkett, the recent winner of "reality show," The Apprentice. Randal was a year ahead of me as...
Adopting the Customer-Driven Mentality
Enterprise - NewsFactor Network
Here is a nice little article on the adaptation of lean principles and the Toyota Production System to service sectors, such...
Project Kaizen » Compilation
Project Kaizen » Day 1: The Case for Project Kaizen
Hal Macomber, the organizer of the "Project Kaizen" group blogging activity has a website...
GM Jobs bank programs — 12,000 paid not to work
Detroit News - 10/17/05UPDATE 2/9/06: Why the sudden interest in this article?? Email me.This isn't new news, nor is it a new...
20,000 Visitors!
It's been a busy month on the blog. After reaching 10,000 visitors at the end of October, we hit 20,000 this past week....
American Auto Makers – Not Lean Enough
I'm a bit late with this post, but I wanted to make sure to get this article link out nonetheless. Womack wrote a...
Bad Visual Controls Example: Software
I know this picture is a bit hard to see, but here's one for you software folks out there.See the icons on...
Review of New Norman Bodek Book
Kaikaku (Norm's blog)Check out Norman's blog for a review of his upcoming book, "Rebirth of American Industry." I should be getting a copy...
Chrysler Expanding Plant, Team Concept
STLtoday - Business - Story:Good for Tom LaSorda and Chrysler (with an assist from the UAW going along with this core tenet of TPS):"Chrysler...
Your Mission as Change Agent
By Mark Edmondson As a lean professional, here are two facts you already know about you and your company:1. Over...
Accelerating the Pace of Learning
Just-Auto.com reported today that next year Toyota will open a Global Production Centre in the UK to train European workers. There is already a...
