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IIE Blog Directory I’m happy to support the Institute of Industrial Engineers (I’m a member) with my exclusive “Everyday Lean” blog posts (appearing weekly, or so). Recent posts of mine: Poka Yoke at the Airport Waste of Transportation on ABC…
Lean manufacturing in action is a beautiful thing The link above is a column in a Wisconsin newspaper. He visited a plant “a few months ago” and is just now writing about it. I guess the lead times in newspaper…
I know it’s weird that I have my camera in a bathroom, but it was a solo bathroom and I always have a camera in my pocket when doing Lean work. I ran across this papertowel dispenser and it wasn’t…
Sharp takes a gamble on new TV plant in Mexico – USATODAY.com Good article in the USA Today today. Sorry for the redundant redundancy there. I’m reminded of an earlier post about Olevia building some TV’s in the US. I’m…
As I thought about this post earlier, with the employee quote about being beaten down, I had a flashback to my time at GM, circa 1996. While we were in the midst of trying to implement Toyota methods, with the…
Got Boondoggle? – Main It’s nice to see Mike Wroblewski posting actively on his blog again, after about a month away. Think MilkA nice example of a simple, yet effective sounding, Lean exercise for a group. Evolution of Six SigmaI…
Xerox’s Reusable Paper (TreeHugger) I saw this featured in Time as one of their inventions of the year. I’ve seen “digital paper” before, but this is a concept where you can print and then easily erase the paper for re-use.…
I was wondering the other day about hospital advertising that you might see in your community (TV ads, billboards, newspaper ads). With the focus on improving quality and patient safety, is there a hospital somewhere that is advertising itself as…
The Sun Chronicle Online – Opinion A medical error was in the news this week, a teacher was mistakenly given an insulin shot instead of a flu vaccine. Thankfully for the teacher, it’s not even something they had to be…
El Paso Times – Bubble Busters say farewell Here’s what would otherwise be a nice story about employees working together on kaizen (continuous improvement). The team is being rewarded with a trip to Japan: “In December, the group, who call…
by Dan Markovitz Without realizing it, James B. Stewart, the SmartMoney columnist for the Wall Street Journal, touched on the value and power of hansei (reflection) in yesterday’s piece (available for free here). Commenting on the recent ouster of Merrill…
How GM Handles a Hit: Build Fewer – WSJ.comWelcome to new readers from the MoneyCentral MSN blog. To explore more about “Lean,” visit the main page of my blog or click on “What is Lean?” in the left column. The…
