Linking Lean Thinking to Education – Conference Notes: Womack’s vision…
By Luke Van Dongen I am a huge fan of Jim Womack's ability to identify and describe problems within complex systems…
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Applying Lean Tools to University Courses: Go & See
By Luke Van DongenNext in the blog series on the topic of applying lean tools to university courses is 'Go &…
Linking Lean Thinking to Education – Conference Notes: Applying Lean Tools…
By Luke Van Dongen For me, the topic of applying lean principles and tools to the classroom was the best part of…
The Tragedy of Waste
By Luke Van DongenI was very fortunate to have met Bob Emiliani at the Linking Lean Thinking to Education…
Linking Lean Thinking to Education – Conference Notes: Lean Certification
My apologies for the delay in following through with posts from the EdNet / LEAN conference. Here's a bit on one of…
"We make it easy to do it right"
I saw the phrase in the title of this post on a BFI bin for recycling pop cans. I believe BFI was purchased by…
Linking Lean Thinking to Education – Conference Notes
Last week I attended the joint meeting of LEAN (Lean Education Academic Network) and EdNet (Lean Aerospace…
Linking Lean Thinking to Education
For those interested in lean applications to education, there is an upcoming conference that you may want to check…
Giving a Great Apology
I'm sure that among the readers of The Lean Blog there there is nothing but support for the lean principles of…
Because that’s not on my list
Like Mark, I'm frustrated today.Recently I've been working to support a quality improvement blitz within a…
Lean & Flexible
Are lean and flexible equivalent terms?I've been seeing more and more about flexibility and hearing the term used…
Everyday Lean – Managing Your Files
In the age of file sharing, FTP sites, all sorts of web based collaboration tools and the ever dreaded email…
Everyday Lean
I've been very interested in applying lean to daily work routines and practices and have been (unfortunately very…
Everyday Lean – Email Inventory
For the first installment of the Everyday Lean series, I thought I would stay with the email theme that originally…
Just-in-Time takes the blame
On March 3, Dana Corp., a key supplier of axles, brakes and truck frames to Detroit auto makers, filed for Chapter…
Frustrated – Coping with Waste in Management Reviews
I've decided to write today about some personal frustration that I am experiencing as part of my daily work. My…
Hidden Costs of Outsourcing
A friend sent me this article from CNN Money. It's not often that you see a mainstream article that provides data…
Fixing GM
Yesterday The Detroit Free Press published a collection of comments from auto industry analysts and GM leaders in a…