Monthly Archives: July 2008
Manufacturing Isn’t Dead in Wisconsin (or the U.S.)
Export Boom Fuels Factory Town's Revival - WSJ.com:It's more a story of exchange rates (weak dollar) than Lean, but manufacturing isn't dead yet, especially...
Driving in the UK
I'm proud to report that I survived driving in the U.K. for the first time today, driving about an hour to Cambridge. I'm working...
LeanBlog Podcast #48 – Bob Emiliani on ‘Real Lean’ and the Black Art of...
A returning guest (episodes #30 and #38), Bob Emiliani is again featured in episode #48 of the LeanBlog Podcast.
He has, since 1995, focused his...
GE’s CIO and Lean Results
GE's CEO controls information worth billions - July 21, 2008It's always interesting to read about GE's shift from a Six Sigma company to a...
Weekend Fun Blog
It's the weekend, here's a fun post and links for you. The "FAIL" blog is somewhat addictive, a collection of funny signs and bad...
Tesco Understands Economics
Sir Terry Leahy: The 'Robert Mugabe of retail' bites back - People, News - The Independent
First off, that's a pretty nasty nickname, being called...
Adventures in Food, England Edition
No, it's not that I've had bad food. Far from it! I know this isn't a food blog, but I wanted to briefly discuss...
Checklists at a Hotel Front Desk
There's so much in the news about "checklists" in the medical context... and I'm convinced that it's basically the Lean "standardized work" approach in...
"More Careful" or "Better Processes"?
NHS: 60,000 medication blunders in 18 months - Health News, Health & Wellbeing - The IndependentTrust me, I'm not picking on the NHS. There's...
Lean Overview Article in “The Hospitalist”
The Lean Hospital
The Hospitalist is a publication for physicians who practice "hospital medicine." I had a chance to be interviewed for what turned out...
Demand for Lean People Higher Than Six Sigma People?
I know Tim Noble and he sent this to me, so I'm basically just going to reprint the press release verbatim and the solicit...
Monday Monday, Monday Morning…Less Than I Thought It Could Be?
By Adam Zak, Adam Zak Executive Search:With apologies to the Mammas and the Pappas... If I really hate Mondays, will it kill me?Last Friday,...
