WSJ.com – In the Lead ($$) The entire headline is “Executives Must Stop Jumping From Fad to Fad and Learn to Manage.” Amen. Excellent column in the WSJ saying that we need to avoid being “copycat managers.” The “program of…
Find Jobs – Senior Specialist Continuous Improvment As a far-too-frequent flyer on American, I can tell you first hand that they need continuous improvement. It always cracks me up when I see typos in quality related items, as with the…
Hamilton Spectator – News I can’t believe I’m about to defend Ford. I’m not a huge believer in the Way Forward, it sounds like a bunch of hype and spin. What Ford (and GM) should work on is designing popular…
See this link: Stay safe in the hospital For some people, this is “Everyday Lean” unfortunately. Some great tips here if you, or someone you love, is going into the hospital, tips for preventing mistakes. There are plenty of lean principles…
Here’s another submittal on the Everyday Lean contest: While not being a perfect piece of technology, I think that spell check on email and word processing aps is a fairly lean idea. Having the simple visual representation of the red…
From the Air Force news service and Google Video, a story about what basically sounds like a week-long “kaizen event” with the goal of reducing waste and increasing airplane availability. Here is a look back at the “Lean Across the…
Toyota NAmerica forms independent panel to evaluate workplace harassment – Forbes.com Toyota Motor North America Names New Leadership Team, Appointing Yuki Funo Chairman and CEO, and Jim Press President If there is any upside in the alleged Toyota sexual harrassment…
I saw an example of error proofing when I was registering on Art Smalley’s Lean Website. Like many websites, it makes you enter your email address twice. If you type it incorrectly one time, the system will flag you and…
05/11/06 – The Detroit News Record annual profits for Toyota. That seems to happen every year now. Profits = Cash = Investment = More Profits. It’s a nice cycle to be in. But the cash-rich Japanese rival is stepping up…
IndustryWeek : Beyond Lean: The Perfect Lean Market Subscribe to IndustryWeek … everything looks like a nail. Right? I’m an Industry Week subscriber and the magazine is generally worthwhile. I’ve linked to some of their articles and commentary on lean…
As we continue our month-long challenge for examples of Everyday Lean, you still have plenty of chances to win. The best will win a free copy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean. You can read previous Everyday Lean posts by…
ManagementWisdom.com I blogged earlier about an excellent “Lean Healthcare” DVD called “Good News: How Hospitals Heal Themselves”. Please call or email your local PBS station and ask them to air it, as many other PBS stations have done. I’m still…
