My guest for episode #206 is Ed Pound, co-author of the book Factory Physics for Managers: How Leaders Improve Performance in a Post-Lean Six Sigma World that was released in April. It is, of course, a new version of the original Factory…
Factory Physics is one of the most influential operations management frameworks ever written–and in this conversation, co-author Dr. Mark Spearman explains why it still matters. Listen to the Episode: For Episode #25, I’m pleased to have Dr. Mark Spearman, Founder…
I’m excited to be hosting and moderating a new webinar that’s part of the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement webinar series, to be presented by Ed Pound, the managing director of the Operations Science Institute. The free webinar is titled “Apply Operations…
Actually being a patient in the emergency department is a learning experience, to say the least. I've done that twice in the past twelve months (two cases of really bad stomach flu with high fever). I don't recommend this if you can avoid it.
What I do recommend is an interactive learning experience called "Friday Night at the ER."
More about that in today's post...
Previous Episodes (Full List): Click to visually browse episodes For easy access to any Podcast, use the forwarding URL: leanblog.org/X where X is the episode number. This text list is from the old version of the podcast’s main blog page.…
It’s time for another in my Reader Questions series, this question comes from Brian via email. If you have a question or topic that you’d like me to address, you can contact me via the web or by leaving a…
If your goal is long wait times and frustrated customers, design your system for 100% utilization. Whether it’s airlines, call centers, or healthcare, the same predictable pattern emerges: full capacity destroys flow. Drawing on queuing theory, Factory Physics, and Lean…
I was running errands around Boston last Saturday, preparing for our move back to Texas (as my wife finishes her 12 month grad school program). In the course of these errands, I had some thoughts about Lean or related to…
I love it when I have a chance to meet Lean Blog readers and Twitter followers in the “real world.” In the past few weeks, I’ve finally met, in person, @flynncraig and @bryanlvt (at the Dan Jones Lean Healthcare Transformation…
Clemson students learn by building a better clock The article I’ve linked to above describes a hands-on simulation being run for Lean students at Clemson University. This is great, since it’s hard to understand Lean principles from just reading books.…
By Andrew Wagner: My wife, the resident space geek, turned me in the direction of this Boeing Press Release on their new lean “pulse line” for building GPS satellites, and presumably other satellites. Most of the post is your standard…
Dell Could Go Beyond Its Direct-Sales Model In Bid to Bolster Growth – WSJ.com Dell’s Founder Is Rethinking Direct Sales – New York Times Dell Computer (now Dell, Inc.) is known for its famous “Direct Model.” It’s almost trivia at…
