Monthly Archives: January 2008
The Ethics of Sourcing Overseas
Randy Cohen - The Ethicist - New York TimesThe NY times ethicist column had a question about sourcing overseas:To afford to start a new...
Gaming the System at Starbucks
Starbucks Gossip: Howard Schultz apparently hasn't put the brakes on warm sandwiches
Following up on last week's post on Starbucks operations, I found an example...
"Toyota Culture" is Out
Jeffrey Liker's new book on Toyota Culture: The Heart and Soul of the Toyota Way is out. I'm getting a copy on Tuesday...
Teaching "How to Think" not "What to Think"
I heard a great phrase, the Army liaison officer to the White House, Col. Chris Hughes, saying on cable news, "we teach our young...
A Peek, Of Sorts, Into Starbucks’ Operations
Starbucks Gossip Blog - Open ThreadStarbucks Replaces CEO with ChairmanI've posted about Starbucks before - I believe they have people at headquarters learning about...
New Column on the Lean Directions Site
Lean Directions: LEAN vs. LAMEIt's a bit recursive to link to a post that links to me, but Mike Thelen (a frequent comment participant...
My Book is Done!
Just an update for those who were following the progress of my book on "Lean Hospitals." It's done! I have submitted the manuscript to...
A New Turn of An Old Phrase
"Use our minds first, not our money" | DailyKaizenI like the phrase, above, that Lee Fried used at the DailyKaizen blog. I think I...
A Biotech Company Using Lean
New England Peptide Implements Lean ManufacturingHere is an article about what might seem like a very untraditional industry using Lean -- biotech. It's a...
Kaizening the Lean Blog
Updated: Changed the title to better reflect what the comments have turned into -- general ideas for improving the blog. Thanks for your feedback!Reader...
Why Do Patients Have to Do This?
The Informed Patient - WSJ.comGood column in the WSJ today, as always, from Laura Landro. She writes about the need for patients to take...
Fun With Statistics, SPC Edition
To borrow a theme from Kevin Meyer, here's some "fun with statistics," or at least this kind of thing is fun to me, being...
