Monthly Archives: January 2008
School System Using Toyota Methods?
The Lean Blog is turning into a family affair... my dad, Bob, comments once in a while and now my mom, an elementary school...
LeanBlog Podcast #34 — Former Toyota Leader Chris Harris Discussing Lean Workforces
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LeanBlog Podcast #34 is a discussion with Chris Harris, from Harris Lean Systems, and co-author of the book Developing a Lean Workforce: A Guide...
Explaining Lean at a Bar
As if explaining Lean to people at hospitals doesn't stretch my brain enough, I sometimes find it's a fun (or at least helpful) challenge...
Recent IIE Blog Posts
Here are some of my recent posts at the Institute of Industrial Engineers blog, under my heading of "Everyday Lean."Ballot shortages in New HampshireStarting...
A Shortage of Employees or a Shortage of Lean Management?
"Help Wanted" highlights skills drain in U.S - Yahoo! NewsHere's an interesting story about the shortage of machinists:While millions of jobs making everything from...
New LEI Book: "Reflections on Lean"
Reflections on LeanThanks to the folks at the LEI for giving me a copy of their new monograph. This slick little book is more...
The Life of a Nurse: Waste and Workarounds
Care and Chaos on the Night Nursing Shift - WSJ.com
Free Version via CareerJournal.com
The linked article is a virtual "gemba walk" for those of you...
Six Sigma In the Newsroom
Technology Review: "You Don't Understand Our Audience"
It's just one part of a very interesting article in the MIT magazine by John Hockenberry, a former...
Air Travel — Results vs Process
If you're a results thinker, you should feel reassured that 2007 had zero U.S. air travel fatalities for the first time in a long...
Yes, Standardized Work Saves Lives
'Bundling' hospital processes may help prevent infections - USATODAY.com"Bundling hospital processes" = Standardized WorkWhy isn't every hospital doing this? Why isn't every hospital administrator...
A Modern MD Who Makes House Calls
Jay Parkinson, MD. A doctor in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and ManhattanHIStalk Interviews Jay Parkinson MD MPH, House Call DoctorPosts will be pretty sparse and short...
Toyota President Urges Genchi Genbutsu
Toyota juggernaut vows to improve (Detroit News):Toyota's president is urging his own company to remember the principle of "Genchi Genbutsu," or "go and see."...
