So we talked earlier about risk and manufacturing. What about risk and PC’s? If you “single source” your data on a single PC or single hard drive, you’re setting yourself up for failure. Hard Drive (or PC) failures are much…
A Key Strategy of Japan’s Car Makers Backfires – WSJ.com Be sure to read the comments for an excellent story from Matthew May about the 1997 Toyota situation and parallels to today. I predicted it on Wednesday, that the Japan…
I recorded my Podcast interview with Dr. Sami Bahri, “The First Lean Dentist,” last night. What a treat it has been to talk with Dr. Bahri. I can’t wait to get this edited and released so you all can hear…
Yahoo! News Updated: No real updates in the news, maybe we’ll learn more in the morning… but a few more thoughts of mine added below. Toyota (as well as other Japanese automakers, including Nissan) is having to shut down a…
IndustryWeek : Prerequisites for Lean Success: Learning From Toyota This webcast is today, Wednesday July 18 at 2 PM EDT. I can’t log in live, I hope it’s archived. Can somebody volunteer to take some notes and post a summary…
Fury Over 84 000 pound NHS Trip To Japan (from The Northern Echo) With apologies to the Got Boondoggle? lean blog, this story is about a group of NHS hospital executives and physicians taking a study trip to Toyota in…
P&G’s Global Target: Shelves of Tiny Stores – WSJ.com: Interesting article in the WSJ about how Proctor & Gamble has had to adapt its approach in countries like Mexico, with different types of customers and different retail models: “In marketing…
By Andrew Castle: Mark’s note: Today’s guest blogger is a friend of the blog and a consultant who does Lean work for the UK’s National Health Service. The following link takes you to an article on the BBC website. Essentially…
PodcasterNews – Industry Report Mark Graban Guest Podcaster I don’t do the commentary thing on my LeanBlog Podcast. But, I was invited by Ken Rayment to “take over” his podcast for a day. In the Podcast, I talk about the…
IGLC Keynote Address: “In this Keynote Address Mr. Bodek will be discussing the fundamentals behind the Kaizen philosophy of continuous improvement. He will speak to how the Construction Industry can get rid of the ‘Punch-list Syndrome.’” Knowing Norman, this talk…
APM Marketplace (Business/Economy radio) As you’ve read here, I’m trying to help get the word out that we should be not just focusing on access to care, but also focusing on quality of care — preventable medical mistakes. I think…
In my morning reading yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised to see the phrase “root cause” in two stories I’ve written about here: Preventable Medical Errors (free, Modesto Bee) Deadly Products from China ($$, WSJ) I have a post I’ve written,…