Monthly Archives: May 2006
Everyday Waste: Stamps
I realize that I'm not doing well on personal inventory management when I'm sending out Mothers Day cards with Christmas stamps! At least...
Ford: Red White and… Blowhard?
WSJ.com - Mom, Apple Pie and...Toyota?Ford and it's "Way Forward" leader, Mark Fields, have been trying to wrap the company in the U.S. flag...
Oops We Double Ordered!
The Evolving Excellence blog posted a video showing radar of FedEx planes flying into Memphis with a thunderstorm approaching. Funny video. I...
An Obvious Place to Cut Costs
Executives Take Company Planes as if Their Own - New York TimesI don't know if Intel's CEO uses the corporate jet as his own,...
Lean Hospital Design
To reduce errors, hospitals use innovative designsThis article appeared Monday in the Wall St Journal, it reminded me of Jamie's postings on lean factory...
Healthcare Quality and Efficiency Incentives
A better tool to fight rising health costs? - The Boston GlobeFrom a lean perspective, you have to admire any sincere efforts to help...
Toyota Profits Up
AP Wire | 05/10/2006 | Toyota's quarterly profit jumps 39 percentQuarterly business update on Toyota, including some executive changes.Just about the only recent trouble...
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Leveling Mothers Day?
Wall St. Journal (free via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Here is an interesting article on the very manual efforts at AT&T to balance supply (phone circuit...
Buffalo NY discovers Toyota, Buffalo WV
Buffalo News - Auto plant thrives in Buffalo (Buffalo, West Virginia, that is)
It amazes me that people are still "discovering" Toyota. Good article,...
Union Busting at Conn-Selmer Now?
South Bend TribuneConn-Selmer is still on strike. A comment added today, on an earlier post, said the company is having a job fair...
More CEO Shenanigans
FORTUNE: CEO pay: They didn't earn it - and should return it - May. 2, 2006I know this is a lean blog, not CEO...
