Monthly Archives: August 2008
Lean in a Canadian Emergency Department
Hospital News: Markham Stouffville Hospital makes 50 improvements to the emergency departmentHere's a news story that describes the beginning of a Lean journey in...
Toyota, Layoffs, Stabbings, and Respect for People
The Associated Press: Toyota lays off 800 line workers at Japan plant
I'm starting to cut Toyota less slack for their claims of not having...
LeanBlog Podcast #50 – Your Guest, Mark Graban – Celebrating 50 Episodes with Jamie...
To celebrate the 50th LeanBlog Podcast, the tables are turned. Guest host Jamie Flinchbaugh chats with me, Mark Graban, about the history of my...
Tonight’s CNBC Special on "Saving GM"
CNBC Link to Show and Online VideoI'm setting the DVR from England and will watch this over the internet when time allows (isn't technology...
NVA in VSM Products?
Pre-Printed Value Stream Mapping Post-it Symbols - 6 Post-it's per sheetI'm not picking on the retailer... I support the "Lean Supermarket" and they've been...
Be Careful with Copying
I got into the middle of this discussion on the Healthcare Management Engineers (HME) group on Yahoo.A question was posed:We're in the process of...
Win $200 in a Lean Essay Contest
Learn Lean Manufacturing !: Lean For Your Organization - How to add value to your organization using lean conceptsI've run contests before, but here's...
Updated: P&G "Forced" to Shorten Supply Chains, As Are Others
FT.com / Home UK / UK - Oil price forces P&G to rethink its distributionOK, I'm catching up on an old post since I...
Guest Host on LeanBlog Podcast
I will be standing in for LeanBlog founder and podcast host Mark Graban for the upcoming 50th podcast. While I clearly will not be...
Lean as a Superhero?
What people often think Lean is -- a superhero there to "save them" or to "make them Lean."
As illustrated below:
How people should really view...
Management Improvement Carnival #40
It's once again my pleasure to host the Carnival for John Hunter and his Curious Cat blog.Please submit your favorite management posts to the...
