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WSJ.com – FDA Weighs Plan To Let More Foods Wear ‘Lean’ Labels This article might not be about what you think, if you just read the headline…. it’s related to food and the FDA. The FDA’s proposed label change would…
Article Link By Mark Edmondson Do you experience lumpy product demand? Do you suffer from “outsourced manufacturing and third-party logistics across a multi-enterprise network”? Has “demand management, transaction processing, and order fulfillment using paper-based systems led to excessive amounts of…
From a trip to a national drugstore chain. I was looking for razor blades, that was it. I walked in the front door and saw the bright “Razors” sign in the back of the store (top of the picture). So,…
Bloomberg.com: Bloomberg Columnists: Doron Levin Another good column by Doron Levin. “Overproduction” is considered to be one of the “8 Types of Waste”. It is also considered to be the “worst” type of waste by Toyota Production System practioners because…
I’m working from home this week and have a bit of a “kitchen kaizen” kick, as evidenced by my “lean oatmeal” post. Last Christmas, I received a new all-in-one “grind and brew” coffee pot from Cuisinart. I’ve ground my own…
Today’s topic for the Project Kaizen group blogging effort is the idea of applying “quick and easy kaizen” to a project setting. “These are improvements that affect the ease of one person doing a job and within ones authority to…
Today’s topic for the Project Kaizen group blogging effort is kaizen for a “workstream.” We’ll look at making improvements across a subset of a value stream. This often crosses organizational boundaries. ————————One workstream I’ve been a part of is the…
Hi blog readers. I got some feedback from one visitor that said, “I’d like more explanation of articles you link to & more definitions of buzzwords and acronyms.” I try to avoid using buzzwords, and if I do so, it’s…
Evolving Excellence: Its About Cost, Stupid! Great post here by Bill Waddell about the Toyota “Profit/Cost” model ofProfit = Price – Cost. He elaborates on it as “Profit = (Price x Volume) – Cost and points out origins tracing back…
Today’s topic for the Project Kaizen group blogging effort is kaizen for a “workgroup,” with that being defined as “making improvements for sub-team members performing the same type of work.” ——————— One sub-team I have been a part of is…
I’m often challenged by people (including my wife sometimes), “why don’t you apply lean concepts at home, Mr. Lean?” I haven’t shadowed my kitchen items (that would look bad), but I do apply some general 5S concepts, including keeping most…
Here is my posting for the Monday “Project Kaizen” group blogging effort, the topic being “Why Project Kaizen?”————————– Why wouldn’t the concept of “kaizen“, or continuous improvement, apply to any activity in or organization? While there are many definitions of…
