Monthly Archives: May 2007
Mini Lean Carnival
Here's a mini Lean carnival of some good posts from other blogs about Lean:Got Boondoggle? Lost in TranslationGreat story from Mike about someone...
Updated: Wal-Mart and Dell New Bed-Fellows?
Dell, in Shift, Will Offer PCs at Wal-Mart - New York TimesI recently wrote about Dell's move away from strict adherence to the direct...
Lean Louisville Sluggers
Louisville Slugger: The sweet spot:As the article points out, Kentucky is quite the hotbed of lean manufacturing, with the influence of the Toyota Georgetown...
Lean for Small Businesses in Rockford IL
Rockford Register Star | Web site of the Rock River ValleyHere's a small case study from Rockford IL:For Leading Edge, a 120-employee shop that...
Lean in the Air Force
Thinking lean, a must for stronger, smaller Air ForceHere's an article about the Air Force's ongoing Lean efforts, a Major General giving a speech...
The Normalcy Of Waste
By Dan MarkovitzLast week the Wall Street Journal interviewed George David, the CEO of United Technologies. Though the conversation didn't address his views...
Reducing Waste, Hurting Food Banks
Food Banks Go Hungry - WSJ.com ($$)This is something I blogged about in August 2005 (with a link then to Joe Ely's blog), now...
LeanBlog Podcast #25 – Mark Spearman, Co-Author of the Operations Textbook ‘Factory Physics’
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For Episode #25, I'm pleased to have Dr. Mark Spearman, Founder and President/CEO of Factory Physics, Inc. You may know Dr. Spearman from his...
Visual Management Contest Winner
I'm happy to announce a winner in the LeanBlog Contest that was sponsored by American LED-gible, Inc (www.ledgible.com).I had three outstanding entries, so it...
eBay and Respect for People
shmula » eBay and Toyota: Respect for People : Business, Technology, and Stuff in BetweenOur friend, Pete Abilla, is two weeks into his...
EPA is Promoting Lean
Lean and the Environment | EPAHas anyone heard about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pushing Lean for environmental/conservation purposes? Interesting idea.The EPA website...
Employee Driven Improvement at Southwest
Seconds count for Southwest | Dallas Morning NewsHere was a nice article from the Dallas paper a week ago about kaizen-type activities at Southwest...
