Monthly Archives: October 2008
The Full Q&A at Gemba Pantarei
Thanks again to Jon Miller for his great questions and for hosting the Q&A, all three parts.Here are links:Part 1 | ...
Three Formal Efforts Tie Lean and Green Together
By Jason Turgeon:It looks like the Lean + Green movement is gathering steam. In the last week, I've seen three pretty big efforts that...
A Dutch Review of "Lean Hospitals" (and Part 2 of Q&A)
Centre of Excellence for Care and Cure - Lean HospitalsI apologize if this is too self reverential, but it always fascinates me to see...
A Lean Guy Reads FORTUNE
As I was reading the latest issue of FORTUNE (October 13), I had a few Lean thoughts based on a few articles (which I...
Student Lean Survey
From a student at Missouri University of Science and Technology, posted with permission:Lean Awareness Survey: I have a Master's student performing some very interesting...
How to Adjust your Lean Efforts in this Economic Crisis?
I can't count how many times I've said that there is no recipe for lean. You must chart your lean journey based on both...
Mark’s Q&A With Jon Miller, Part 1
Lean Manufacturing Blog. Kaizen Articles and Advice | Gemba Panta Rei
Jon Miller, the host of the Gemba Pantarei Blog, is kind enough to be...
Lean (Not Mean!) in a Thai Hospital
Hospital management to become lean and meanHere's an article from a Thailand newspaper, where the "Lean and Mean" bug has also bit editors there...
Managing to Learn, from John Shook
Managing to Learn: Using the A3 management process to solve problems, gain agreement, mentor, & leadPublished by the Lean Enterprise Institute, John Shook has...
The Key to a Successful Lean Journey? Leadership!
A friend of mine, Kurt Woolley at Intel, has written an article for Industry Week that is quite popular. I thought I would share...
Screwed by Bad Software – Be Careful
WD Sync software on the WD Passport drive - WORLD Law Direct ForumsI'm furious. Really, I'm dumbfounded -- too dumbfounded to really be upset.I...
Avoiding the Use of Japanese Terms?
Blog reader Kevin wrote with this excellent question (used with his permission):My question is about the idea I see many using in the lean...
