My Article on “Testing Lean Changes, Small or Large;” Recent Winery…
Thanks to Arena Simulation Software for asking me to write this article for their regular customer newsletter:…
An Oregon Winery That’s Experimenting After the Calamity of Wildfires
My wife and I, in normal times, love visiting wineries. The Willamette Valley of Oregon is one of our favorite…
Gemba Wine: A Lean Geek Visits Wineries, Part 3
Following up on my previous posts (here and here) on a recent visit to the Northern California Wine Country, I'm…
Gemba Wine: A Lean Geek Visits Wineries, Part 2
Growing grapes and making wine is certainly an art... but when you look into it there's a lot of process…
1% Improvement Here and There Can Make a Big Difference in Wine Making?
I was fortunate to take a nearly two-week vacation recently, a trip that included a week in France.
My wife and…
Gemba Wine: Variation in Wine Seals and Variation in Customer Needs
My wife and I just got back from four days in Napa and Sonoma counties doing, ahem, "gemba walks" at a number of…