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Democrat & Chronicle: Business Let’s hope this becomes the trend, rather than indiscriminate offshoring of manufacturing work to China. This is the second article now in a short time (here was the first) that talks about companies moving at some…
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83 Problems Thanks to Seth Godin for passing this along. I’ll admit that, in the past, I had allow myself to get discouraged because of one, or 83, problems with our lean implementation. OK, so you don’t have top management…
Bessemer Venture Partners – The Anti Portfolio This post was originally written in 2006, but was updated in 2023 with an updated link and some quotes from the updated Bessemer “Anti Portfolio” website. The link above goes to one of…
Working from home today, I ran out during lunch time (actually after lunch time in my effort to help level load area businesses) to the bank. As I entered, I saw this sign. By “ways to serve you better”, I…
Here’s stop #2 on the tour, just having come from the Julia Child “Lean” Kitchen… Still at the National Museum of American History, there is a sign on the wall that talks about a little manufacturing history. The Society for…
I know we have a winner in our May contest (or, see below). I was up at 3:30 AM yesterday to go do some lean work at a hospital. I borrowed a lean trick that my wife, a former road-warrior…
Throughout May we have been holding a contest for the best examples of Everyday Lean, examples of lean thinking that show up in everyday life from work to home and everything in between. Mark Graban, LeanBlog.org founder, has been sharing…
Over Memorial Day weekend, my wife and I visited Baltimore and Washington DC. As much as I try to “turn off” that lean part of my brain, it’s tough when historical items jump out that remind me of lean. Here…
China’s longest river “cancerous” with pollution I know not all manufacturing in China is offshored formerly-American production. But still, consider this when you are looking to move production to China. “China’s longest river is “cancerous” with pollution and rapidly dying,…
what is the peach drug that says 7253 – Google Search Back in April, I wrote about a generic allergy pill I got from Walgreens. This blog has been getting hits every week from people who have that same question.…
Bringing lean into our education system is a two-pronged requirement. One aspect, which has not been written about much at all, is applying lean within the university and schools to improve the effectiveness and efficiency. This is much needed as…
