Lean Blog Carnival
Kevin Meyer used to do a lean “blog carnival”, so maybe it’s now my turn. There are many great blogs out there and here’s a highlight of what’s been really good recently. Kevin’s blog had a feature on Whirlpool’s understanding…
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Who is Responsible for Quality?
I saw this card (click on it for a larger view) included with some medical products that were shipped to a hospital. It’s signed by a production worker (I assume) and says “I am responsible for the quality control of…
Ghosn on Toyota
Fortune Article In an article that reminds us that the uber-leader is merely human: “He’s not a superman, only a human being, but he gets results,” says Garel Rhys of the Cardiff University Center for Automotive Industry Research in Wales.…
Should Nurses Be Jailed for Medical Mistakes? Blame, Systems, and Patient Safety
In the news: Charges against nurse igniting a debate This case — involving Wisconsin nurse Julie Thao — is still referenced in debates about whether medical professionals should face criminal charges for unintentional errors. A Fatal Medication Error — and…
"Measuring Minds at Work"
There’s a column with that title in the current issue of Business 2.0 magazine, the Nov 2006 issue. I’m re-posting this because the article is now online. The piece is about measuring the productivity of office or white collar professional…
College Football Annual Review Problems
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Let’s play 2? The above article talks about how, for all the talk of “computers” selecting the top two Division 1 college football teams for the championship game, most of the inputs to the system (at least two…
New book building on TQM: Breakthrough Management
There is a new book on TQM available. I have not bought the book yet but my assumption is that it builds on TQM. To me, the link between TQM and lean is pretty clear. I would suggest that lean…
Lost Baggage is Management’s Fault
Frustration Grows at Carousel as More Baggage Goes AstrayW. Edwards Deming is famous (but not famous enough) for pointing out that most errors are the fault of the system and that the system is ultimately management’s responsibility, not the individual…
Dr. Kovach is Part of a System…
… and the system sucks!” That was the final line of a recent episode of ER that we just watched last night (thanks to the DVR). The major focus of the episode was a patient in court with a claim…
Unknowable Numbers and the Absurd
Infor Launches ERP XA MES Suite for Lean Manufacturing This article talks about software for lean manufacturing environments, an idea that could be debated on its own. But the thing that jumped out at me here was the analyst comment:…
The Proper Use of Metrics
I was able to tour a hospital laboratory that had already gone through the lean process. One metric was a daily tally of “sticks per day” (that’s what a Phlebotomist — a person who draws your blood — calls it…
How Incentives Are Ineffective
Reward and Incentive Programs are Ineffective — Even Harmful by Peter R. Scholtes It’s worth a full post and full link, this article that John Hunter of the Curious Cat blog wrote about and mentioned in a comment to this…
