Monthly Archives: January 2007
Waste in Your Mailbox
Productivity Cafe: Stop Junk MailLean Blog reader Osvaldo brought this up as an example of waste -- mail that ends up in your mailbox...
Giving Employees Permission to Change
I went through a discussion today that reminded me of a similar situation early in a lean effort at my old manufacturing company a...
A Hospital Death in Florida
Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog: A woman dies after receiving 8 grams of DilantinI read about this on the blog linked above and the...
Lean Suits Story on NPR
NPR : Suit Maker Goes 'Lean' to Keep Jobs in U.S.I'll comment more on this later, but this was on NPR this morning. ...
Fixed the Streaming Podcast Player
For those of you who listen to the LeanBlog Podcasts using the streaming player in the browser, that is now fixed. That had...
A Wisconsin Lean Story
Metal expands when it's hotHere's a story from a small company that's grown from $3m to $10m in revenue, in part due to Lean...
How Specific an Example Do You Need?
From the Northwest Lean Network email listserv, about a week ago:" I...
Blame the Vendor or Hospital Purchasing??
I'm sure most of you are familiar with or have used the Akro blue bins for organizing parts, tools, or a kanban system. The...
"I Canna Get Warp Drive Back In Less Than Two Days, Captain!"
By Dan Markovitz:(Mark's note: I saw this article and instantly thought of Dan, re: Lean in an office environment. The dynamics in...
David Meier on the State of Lean Manufacturing and Management in China – LeanBlog...
LeanBlog Podcast #17 is a discussion with a good friend of the Lean Blog, David Meier, a former Toyota Georgetown Group Leader, founder of...
How Much of Football is VA?
My wife would say "zero!" I mentioned the Sunday NFL playoff games and got a note from a Lean Blog reader, Chris, saying:
I...
WSJ is STILL Shocked We Build Stuff Here
For Some Manufacturers, There Are Benefits to Keeping Production at Home - WSJ.com
This really is a recurring theme in the WSJ, this article starts:
"It...
