Monthly Archives: December 2005
Please Hold
By Mark Edmondson Seth Godin's (author of Purple Cow and All Marketers are Liars) blog often has pearls of lean wisdom -...
Carnival of Lean Leadership #4
Evolving Excellence: Carnival of Lean Leadership #4Every few weeks, the Evolving Excellence blog does a great compilation of lean blog links and articles. ...
The Government to Regulate ‘Lean’ Labels?
WSJ.com - FDA Weighs Plan To Let More Foods Wear 'Lean' LabelsThis article might not be about what you think, if you just read...
A Frustrated Lean Guy, You Have to Read This
My friend and his former company have to remain anonymous, but I really laughed (although this isn't ha-ha funny, I really empathize with him)...
First the V-Pill; Now it’s the V-Chain
Article LinkBy Mark Edmondson Do you experience lumpy product demand? Do you suffer from "outsourced manufacturing and third-party logistics across a multi-enterprise network"?...
Bad Visual Controls Example: Drug Store
From a trip to a national drugstore chain. I was looking for razor blades, that was it. I walked in the front door and...
Lean Consumption & Transportation
Here's another example of the Lean Consumption model at work. The business model of car sharing is increasingly gaining momentum in North America. Including...
Doron Levin on Overproduction
Bloomberg.com: Bloomberg Columnists: Doron LevinAnother good column by Doron Levin. "Overproduction" is considered to be one of the "8 Types of Waste". ...
Kitchen Kaizen — The Coffee Pot
I'm working from home this week and have a bit of a "kitchen kaizen" kick, as evidenced by my "lean oatmeal" post.
Last Christmas, I...
Project Kaizen: Quick & Easy Kaizen
Today's topic for the Project Kaizen group blogging effort is the idea of applying "quick and easy kaizen" to a project setting."These are improvements...
Project Kaizen: "Workstream" Kaizen
Today's topic for the Project Kaizen group blogging effort is kaizen for a "workstream." We'll look at making improvements across a subset of...
Avoiding Unclear Buzzwords
Hi blog readers. I got some feedback from one visitor that said, "I'd like more explanation of articles you link to & more...
