Monday afternoon, I have the honor of being part of a meeting to discuss “Project Executio.” The bosses complain that engineers in our department aren’t getting our cost reduction effort closed out fast enough. It’s true. We aren’t making fast…
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World — Russia probes claims medics tied toddlers to beds I hope nobody finds this to be too insensitive of an example… it’s obviously not good what happened to these toddlers. But, I think it’s instructive…
Andrew Castle, a lean healthcare consultant in the UK, generously offered up this summary of the 4-part PBS documentary series. It’s a long summary, so I’ll just post the start of it here. Direct pdf file download Buy the series…
Global shipping must curb ‘unchecked’ pollution: study – Yahoo! News Here’s yet another reason to consider keeping production close to your customers and using Lean production methods: the environment. Ocean-going vessels now belch out more of the major air pollutant…
Here’s another example of what you might call “L.A.M.E” (“Lean” As Misguidedly Executed) instead of “Lean.” I received a disturbing report in my email inbox two weeks ago, a report that tries to co-opt Lean and the Toyota Production System…
By Mike Lopez A question for readers: Which short courses or classes in manufacturing or supply chain management would you recommend? Who has the best program for a young professional with a strong technical background that is becoming a supply…
Here is the YouTube video of a curious Toyota ad. You might know that the phrase “autonomation” comes from Toyota and means “automation with a human touch.” The Strategos website has a nice overview of autonomation This ad’s theme is…
Gourmet Coffee Becomes The Latest Office Perk – WSJ.com Here’s another installment of “A lean guy reads the Wall Street Journal.” It’s fun sometimes looking for lean concepts in the WSJ, even when it’s not a front page story about…
Process Improvement Manager / Lean Leader We’re still experimenting with people posting jobs on the LeanBlog Message Board. There’s a new job posted, click on the link above. The poster of the job is indeed an employee at Trane, I’ve…
IndustryWeek : How To Practice Hoshin Kanri Here is a summary of a book published recently by the LEI. I recorded a podcast interview with Norman Bodek last weekend (look for it soon at www.leanpodcast.org) and Norman mentioned this book,…
I saw this great phrase the other day, it’s eventually going to end up in a white paper I authored (with some ghostwriter/editor help) for work. This blog, for the record, is 100% ghostwriter free :-) The phrase was: Regarding…
Kent Blumberg: Open door policies that work Here’s another interesting take on the practice of managers going to the Gemba. Kent writes about why “open door” policies that involve waiting for employees to come through that open door to your…
