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Study: Doctors Don’t Wash Hands Enough Over the weekend, in a trade publication, I read yet another survey about MD’s (especially surgeons) not washing their hands in between patients (under 60% of doctors). That’s not just a matter of being…
Did I get your attention? OK, it was a misleading headline, sort of. Certainly, productivity and quality are important, as are safety and on-time delivery (remember the mantra of Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost). Look at this case here: the…
Interesting statistic in the local paper, courtesy of the “Harper’s Index.” 6:1 average manufacturing wage in the U.S. to that in Mexico before NAFTA took effect in 1994 8:1 ratio today I thought the conventional wisdom at the time was…
A popular search term for people coming to the blog is “lean manufacturing quotes.” I’m not real big on using quotes and don’t have a ready collection handy, but I thought I would reach out to you, the blog readers.…
Following up our series and contest on “Everyday Lean“, I received a very funny email from my old friend, grad school classmate, fellow lean guy, and frequent blog commenter, “JP.” With his permission, here are his entries somewhat mocking our…
Thanks to Bill Waddell for sending me this. Apparently, he requested the now-infamous “Unwritten Rules” book that was plagarized (or plagiarized, as I’ve now learned it is spelled) by Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson. He got this postcard in the mail.…
Monongahela Valley Hospital Integrates Automatic Tracking in Emergency Department to Enhance Patient Experience; Busy ED Uses Wireless Technology to Reduce Average Patient Visit Length Where there’s a problem, there’s always a software solution (and salesperson) waiting around the corner. The…
Continuing on the tour (click here for previous stops), we step back into the National Museum of American History, where they had some fantastic displays of early American manufacturing. One display case featured the rifles from the Harpers Ferry Armory,…
I don’t think it’s worth too much time commenting on the Harbour report, but check out these conflicting headlines! These are all from the same paper even (Detroit Free Press). GM closing productivity gap GM stays on top in productivity…
Here is part #3 of our DC lean tour, having already visited the National Museum of American History. I already have one Presidential quote that is somewhat lean related. I use it in the context of management needing to go…
Business – theage.com.au Are you sick of reading about Toyota’s success? I’m not. This reporter does a pretty good job of capturing the main points of the Toyota Production System. “… if they [visitors to the factory] are looking for…
Google Trends: lean manufacturing, toyota production system, lean production, lean enterprise There’s a new Google tool that lets you see trends in search activity over time and against other search terms. Click on the link above and you’ll see that…
