"Lean Across the Air Force"
There is a memo circulating, dated 11/7/05, from the Secretary of the Air Force, Michael W. Wynne, and General T. Michael Moseley, titled “Lean Across the Air Force”. Here is a link to an image version of the memo (fixed…
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More on Peter Drucker
More on the contributions of Peter Drucker. This article contains some excellent comments and reflection. Certainly worth sharing. Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org The RSS feed content you are reading is copyrighted by the author, Mark…
The Man Who Invented Management
Business Week Here is another tribute to Peter Drucker, this time from Business Week. Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org The RSS feed content you are reading is copyrighted by the author, Mark Graban. , , ,…
Book Review: Creating a Lean Culture
A friend gave me a copy of a book he recommended: Creating A Lean Culture: Tools To Sustain Lean Conversions by David Mann. Based on a first look, I am very impressed with the book. It focuses on creating a…
The incentive ‘Push’ continues
GM announced the start of the next domestic automaker incentive battle with its “Red Tag” sale on Monday. Granted, domestic continue to lose market share and their mass market, high capital investment, volume based business model is being attacked at…
Management Guru Peter Drucker, 95, Passes On
Management Guru Peter Drucker, 95, Dies The influential management thinker, Peter Drucker, has passed on. There are many tributes to him on the web and the blogs, including some of the lean blogs (including Evolving Excellence). I saw him speak…
Exclusive Jim Womack Q&A, Part 5
Many thanks, again to Jim Womack, from the Lean Enterprise Institute and the book Lean Solutions, for participating in this special Q&A. This is the fifth and final part of the series, be sure to visit the first four parts.…
Exclusive Q&A with Jim Womack, Part 4
Here is installment #4 of the Jim Womack Q&A, where we discuss the car buying process, the teaching (or lack thereof) of lean principles in our universities, supplier relationships, and some of the blog reader Q&A. Part 1 Part 2…
You Get What You Inspect: A NUMMI Lesson in Lean Leadership
Here is the sixth, and probably final, installment of my tales from the NUMMI tour. You can revisit them by starting with Tale #1 and continuing on from there. One more important reminder from the NUMMI visit reinforced something I’d…
Evolving Excellence: Don’t Let Delphi Drag Down the Shingo Prize
Evolving Excellence Blog Some of the most spirited lean discussion is taking place on the Evolving Excellence blog, always a good read. The post I’m linking to discusses the effectiveness of lean assessments, such as the Shingo Prize. The controversy…
Funny visual controls example (a bad one)
This Is Broken – Fire escape signs Here’s a great example to use in your training for how NOT to do visual controls. Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org The RSS feed content you are reading is…
Why make it hard to become a customer?
I try not to just vent or complain about personal experiences here, but I’m incredibly frustrated with phone companies. I think a lot of this waste is begging for a “Lean Solutions” approach and some lean engineering/design application. Why do…
