Improving the ER on "ER"
YouTube – Improving the ER on ER I don’t always watch the NBC show ER, but this portion caught my attention when my wife was watching the final episode of the season and I clumsily taped it with my digital…
Day June 4, 2007
Interesting Toyota Corporate History
Toyota Motor Corp.: Information from Answers.com Left: Banner that reads “Good Thinking, Good Products” (Toyota, circa early 1950’s, source: Toyota) Here’s a fairly complete seeming Toyota company history, including a few interesting tidbits: Although its profits declined substantially during the…
Don’t Look for "Lean" in the PC Industry
How H-P Reclaimed Its PC Lead Over Dell – WSJ.com Today’s WSJ article doesn’t focus on the Dell layoffs (although it does mention them, as did the Evolving Excellence blog post on the layoffs), but rather the competitive dynamics between…
Quality Systems & Innovation
By Mike R. Lopez: The June 11, 2007 issue of BusinessWeek features a great story about 3M’s recent problems with Six Sigma, “At 3M, A Struggle Between Efficiency And Creativity.” As a Lean Six Sigma black belt at my company,…