Monthly Archives: June 2007
Nike Plans to "Just Do It" with Lean?
Perspectives in Responsible Sourcing: June 3, 2007 - June 9, 2007Nike is out with its most recent "Corporate Responsibility Report." As Rachelle Jackson...
Improving the ER on "ER"
YouTube - Improving the ER on ERI don't always watch the NBC show ER, but this portion caught my attention when my wife was...
Interesting Toyota Corporate History
Toyota Motor Corp.: Information from Answers.comLeft: Banner that reads "Good Thinking, Good Products" (Toyota, circa early 1950's, source: Toyota)Here's a fairly complete seeming...
Don’t Look for "Lean" in the PC Industry
How H-P Reclaimed Its PC Lead Over Dell - WSJ.comToday's WSJ article doesn't focus on the Dell layoffs (although it does mention them, as...
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...
Step 1: Anger Employees, Step 2: Mollify Them
Northwest Air, Out of Chapter 11, Aims to Mollify Customers, Labor - WSJ.comMollify (v): to soften in feeling or temper, as a person;...
Embracing Problems at Google
In David Mann's book, Creating A Lean Culture: Tools To Sustain Lean Conversions, he talks about the need to "embrace problems" as a key...
Nissan’s Mock Assembly Lines
Mock Assembly Lines Work Out Glitches: Financial News - Yahoo! FinanceNissan has struggled with quality (particularly in their Mississippi plant), so they are taking...
LeanBlog Podcast #26 – Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth on Visual Workplace and Visual Thinking
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Episode #26 of the LeanBlog Podcast brings us Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth, of the Visual Lean Institute. She is the author, most recently of the...
The Growing Patient Safety Movement
The Informed Patient - WSJ.comThis article from the WSJ talks about a trend where patients (or, more often, family members of patients) who were...
In Search of the Best MRP Manufacturers
By Mark Edmondson, Lean AffilliatesLean Blog readers - I need your input. I'm looking for the best performing manufacturing companies who use MRP...
Lean and Economic Development
JS Online: Editorial: A new way of thinking:Wisconsin is mentioned frequently here on the Lean Blog, with many small and mid-sized companies, in particular,...
