Monthly Archives: December 2006
Remembering the "Value Add"
Since I often focus on the "waste" and problems in life and the working world, today's a great day to stop, step back, and...
New book from the LEI
New Hybrid Book Takes a 'Novel' Approach to Strategy Deployment: Financial News - Yahoo! FinanceHas anyone read the new book from the Lean Enterprise...
More on Toyota’s Jump to #1
Not breaking news, but more article about Toyota's expected leap to #1 in global auto sales in 2007.The NY Times and the International Herald...
Hyundai’s Definition of Quality
Business Week Articleby Mike LopezBusiness Week ran an article about some of Hyundai's recent problems. One of them seems to be a misguided quality...
Great Post on Evolving Excellence
The Idiot Grinch of Fake LeanI know a lot of you probably also read the Evolving Excellence blog, but be sure to check out...
Why Quota for Nurses Isn’t Cure-All
WSJ Article ($) | Free Version of...
Appointments and Wasting the Customer’s Time
No, I'm not complaining about the old "4 hour window" for service appointments. I ran into a new type of waste this morning.I...
Financiers Discover that Manufacturing Lives
How Financiers Pursue Profit At Skidding Auto-Parts Maker
Here's another article in the WSJ's "Wow, we still build stuff here" series (my unofficial title). This...
Last Day for the Challenges Contest
Today is the last day to enter the contest, see more details here.If you'd like to enter, you have until 5 PM central time.Happy...
"Tag" – 5 Things You Don’t Know About Me
StartupGarden: Tag in the BlogosphereOK, this is not Lean related, but I try to show a little personality around here once in a while....
Lean and Green
Sir Richard Branson: Making the Skies Green - Enterprise Management - MSNBC.comThanks to blog reader Marc for sending this my way. He points...
Lean Guns, Again
12/18/2006 - Smith & Wesson Buys Thompson/Center Arms - Outdoors - Chattanoogan.com:
Yesterday, it was the maker of Ruger firearms... today it's Smith & Wesson...
