Series of Town Hall Meetings on Manufacturing Issues I’ve written before about John Ratzenberger (from Cheers fame) and his show “Made in America.” I’ve always appreciated his show because of what seems to be sincere interest in how things are…
Fox TV Website I’ve only watched the first half of the premiere episode, but I am (at least temporarily) riveted by the new Fox show “Kitchen Nightmares” with chef Gordon Ramsay. I never tried the show “Hell’s Kitchen” where he…
I think I’ve mentioned this resource before, the free content that is online in Google Books. Even though I own Taiichi Ohno’s book Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production, but it so much easier to search the book online. You…
I was just contacted this morning by David Magee, the author of the upcoming book How Toyota Became #1: Leadership Lessons from the World’s Greatest Car Company I’m hoping to do a Podcast interview with David and I should be…
Oshkosh Northwestern – Systems turn to ThedaCare There’s a great sense of community and sharing in the hospital space — something the manufacturing world can learn from, I think. Sure, it’s possible to spend your whole career working in a…
Phila. health agency in disarray | Philadelphia Inquirer | 09/26/2007 I saw this in the news as I was leaving Philly earlier this week. Would you run your manufacturing warehouse like this? Dell keeps better track of computer parts than…
by Dan Markovitz The latest issue of Strategy+Business, Booz Allen Hamilton’s business journal, features an article on cost cutting. Ordinarily, simple cost cutting flies in the face of real lean, but in this case, the authors’ recommendations incorporate an important…
Deal helps GM narrow labor cost gap: I’m not going to spend too much time reading about or writing about the strike, since it’s not really a Lean issue. From the Detroit News: “But the new contract can only do…
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TSA considers reservations for airport security – USATODAY.com I’m not normally a fan of the TSA, but this proposal actually seems somewhat reasonable and reminds me of the Lean concept of “heijunka,” or level loading of a process. A steady…
Penguins training Camp: Players say uniform changes all wet I’m getting excited about the upcoming NHL season. I grew up a Red Wings fan, but I go to a lot of Stars games now that I live in Dallas (including…
Detroit News Article I’m too far removed anymore and I’m not sure if there’s really a Lean story in any of this mess. Does anyone care to comment? My questions: When the news just focuses on the “cheap labor costs…