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PodcasterNews – Industry Report 8-4 Lean Blog Podcast – LeanBlog.org The link above is a short interview I did with Ken Rayment for his podcast, the “Better Process Podcast.” He does a daily showwith interviews and manufacturing news, you can…
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta Rei Good post from Jon Miller here on his blog. He’s right, most companies and leaders (especially before lean) don’t want to admit their problems or weaknesses. Corporate pride, if you will…
“Starbucks’ Sales Slide on Frozen Drinks” Starbucks is blaming operational problems for their sales slide (actually, it’s just the rate of sales increase that fell, from 7% to 4% – let’s ignore the faulty Wall Street math that views a…
I knew it when I first wrote about the latest “runway incursion” (near miss) at O’Hare. It seems too easy to pin the blame on one individual, as the FAA and the media did, blaming an Air Traffic Controller. It’s…
Daily Kaizen: Stop Selling Here’s a good post from the Daily Kaizen blog about the need to “stop selling” lean. Remember, “push” is bad, so if you’re pushing lean (or pushing tools) on people, they are likely to be defensive.…
Also from the August issue of Assembly Magazine is my latest column of Leading Lean. The topic this month is the key issue of observing. I believe the true ability to observe is a under appreciated topic in lean. Sure…
Here is an article from Assembly Magazine by Adam Cort about Boeing’s Dreamliner called Living the Dream. Boeing has been working on lean for a long, long time. For quite a while, there was little to show for it. But…
Although my book, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road, is very much about lean, I particularly enjoy finding lessons on lean from books that having nothing to do with lean. I’ve already shared some lessons from two…
Lean Blog: Early Risers in Healthcare! (My belly aching from March) OK, a new early “low” of sorts. Currently visiting a hospital, patient blood draws start at 3 AM. Even with having to be there that early to observe the…
Private Sector: Safe hospitals Here is another great overview of applying lean to hospitals, including a mention of the excellent DVD, “Good News… How Hospitals Heal Themselves.” “First, we affirmed that striving for zero medical errors or zero hospital-acquired infections…
I’ve been working with “lean healthcare” in my day job for about a year now. I’m giving a presentation on Friday about lean healthcare for a manufacturing audience, and it provided an opportunity to reflect on what I’ve seen and…
I’ve seen/heard two very different views on valuing white collar employees this week. I’m making an assumption that most of the readers here on the blog are salaried/white collar staff (if I’m wrong, please post a comment). Much of the…
