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Yahoo! News Updated: No real updates in the news, maybe we’ll learn more in the morning… but a few more thoughts of mine added below. Toyota (as well as other Japanese automakers, including Nissan) is having to shut down a…
IndustryWeek : Prerequisites for Lean Success: Learning From Toyota This webcast is today, Wednesday July 18 at 2 PM EDT. I can’t log in live, I hope it’s archived. Can somebody volunteer to take some notes and post a summary…
Fury Over 84 000 pound NHS Trip To Japan (from The Northern Echo) With apologies to the Got Boondoggle? lean blog, this story is about a group of NHS hospital executives and physicians taking a study trip to Toyota in…
P&G’s Global Target: Shelves of Tiny Stores – WSJ.com: Interesting article in the WSJ about how Proctor & Gamble has had to adapt its approach in countries like Mexico, with different types of customers and different retail models: “In marketing…
By Andrew Castle: Mark’s note: Today’s guest blogger is a friend of the blog and a consultant who does Lean work for the UK’s National Health Service. The following link takes you to an article on the BBC website. Essentially…
PodcasterNews – Industry Report Mark Graban Guest Podcaster I don’t do the commentary thing on my LeanBlog Podcast. But, I was invited by Ken Rayment to “take over” his podcast for a day. In the Podcast, I talk about the…
IGLC Keynote Address: “In this Keynote Address Mr. Bodek will be discussing the fundamentals behind the Kaizen philosophy of continuous improvement. He will speak to how the Construction Industry can get rid of the ‘Punch-list Syndrome.’” Knowing Norman, this talk…
I’m very excited to announce that I will be recording a LeanBlog Podcast interview with Dr. Sami Bahri, the “First Lean Dentist,” on Tuesday July 17. If you have any questions for Dr. Bahri, you can email me at leanpodcast@gmail.com…
Parkland Hospital Deploys Galvanon’s MediKiosk(TM) in the ER to Decrease Patient Wait Times It’s been discussed here before, how hospitals are just as susceptible as manufacturers are to the “Siren Song” of technology. This time, it appears Parkland Hospital (here…
If you’re a fan of the LeanBlog Podcast, or other Podcasts, please consider submitting nominations for the 3rd Annual Podcast awards. Here are a few podcasts I am subscribed to: Lean/Manufacturing Dwight Bowen’s Competing Podcast Better Process Podcast Gary Connor’s…
After watching Michael Moore virtually melt down on CNN a few minutes ago, I had some thoughts… As I wrote about before, there are two problems with healthcare: Access to care Quality of care once it’s provided The Lean work…
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