Everyday Lean: The DMV
As we continue our month-long challenge for examples of Everyday Lean, you still have plenty of chances to win. The best will win a free copy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean. You can read previous Everyday Lean posts by…
Jamie Flinchbaugh
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ANOTHER FREE BOOK CONTEST UPDATE
For this month, submit your ideas of Everyday Lean for the change to win a free copy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean. Everyday Lean is how lean principles help make stuff if everyday life easier, simpler and more effective.…
The Real Unwritten Rules
Mark posted a great exploration into the whole Raytheon Unwritten Rules of Management mess. For those interested in the REAL content, here’s a link to the book he ‘stole’ called the Unwritten Laws of Engineering. Enjoy. Please check out my…
FREE BOOK CONTEST UPDATE
For the rest of May, we are accepting submissions of Everyday Lean, examples from our daily lives of how lean can make stuff easier, simpler and more effective. Here is the original post and contest details. Here are two of…
Letterman Hits the Big 3
Here is David Letterman’s Top Ten List: Top Ten Ways United States Automakers Can Increase Sales10. “How ’bout a car horn that plays ‘My Humps’”9. “Rig GPS screens to display Cinemax after dark”8. “Switch gas and brake pedals to make…
Leading Lean Column
by Jamie Flinchbaugh The May issue of Assembly Magazine is out and with it, my lastest column of Leading Lean which you can find inside the back cover, or follow this link. The topic this month is benchmarking, a very…
Lean skills in college
Oakland University, in partnership with other schools, is doing some research on what skills and knowledge is expected and desired from college graduates. Here is a link to the survey and below is an explanation from them. “The purpose of…
Process does NOT restrict creativity
Seth Godin’s blog talks about why people hate process. He is, rightly so, challenging people’s apparently inherent fear of process. Of course, without process, lean isn’t very effective. People like to think that if you force me into a process,…
Suggestion Programs
Some people have said that the pinnacle of lean programs is an effective suggestion program, whether its called quick and easy kaizen or an idea program or simple everyday work that has no name. Too many companies want to jump…
Lean Factory Design Part 3
I’ve been posting a few comments on factory design (Part 1 and Part 2). Here a final, but important, comment on what people do wrong as they design a new factory, or re-layout an existing one. 5. The Design Process…
Lean Factory Design Part 2
I’ve been posting a few comments on factory design. See Part 1 here. Here are a few more comments on what people do wrong as they design a new factory, or re-layout an existing one. 3. Secondary Flows We place…
The Future of Auto Suppliers
by Jamie Flinchbaugh For those not paying close attention, billionaire and industry-fixer-upper guy Wilber Ross has been on the prowl for struggling auto supply assets. Ross has gone in to both the textile industry and the steel industry, swept up…