Monthly Archives: April 2007
Yay! Lean is Popular
IndustryWeek : Ranking Continuous Improvement MethodsAccording to a recent survey of 745 companies, 40.5% of them say they are using Lean as a continuous...
Job Opportunity with the "Dell Lean Model"
Lean opportunities coming to Central TexasI've been critical of folks who lump Dell into the "lean" world, since Dell hasn't really done much according...
Free Peeks into Lean Books
lean - Google Book SearchA friend just tipped me off to this Google feature, the ability to view limited pages from books, including a...
Not such a "Lean" Plant Tour
Since I've been working exclusively in healthcare for almost two years, I haven't been in too many factories lately. I was excited to...
"Open Wide and Say ‘Lean’"
By Dean Bliss (bio below)At the recent Shingo Prize conference, I was reminded of the power of Lean. Not just because of the...
UPS Reducing Driving Waste
ABC News: UPS Figures Out the 'Right Way' to Save Money, Time and Gas
"Efficiency is so much a part of the culture at UPS..."...
You Still "Gotta Ask"
IndustryWeek : Where Is Your Company's Next Big Idea Coming From?Chuck Yorke was co-author, along with our friend Norman Bodek, of the book All...
Video: Boeing’s Moving Line
Here's an interesting video showing Boeing's 737 line, moving at a takt time pace of 2 inches per minute.
The referenced video has been removed...
Will Lean Outperform Bureaucracy?
Worldandnation: Scandal sires bureaucracy
It's too bad that the Lean Six Sigma component of the response to the problems at Walter Reed has been lumped...
Government, Soldiers, and Backlogs
Worldandnation: Backlog has veterans waiting for disability claims
Here is a sad case of bad flow, an imbalance in demand and capacity, and the impact...
TX Paper Accuses Mulally of Insulting Salespeople
Star-Telegram.com | 04/06/2007 | America's Great Automotive StuntmenLocal car columnist Ed Wallace seems like a friendly curmudgeon. This week, he writes about Ford's...
Standardizing the Standards
Hospitals try to reduce wristband code risksTo put this in manufacturing terms, imagine how you might have to change your process if your product...
