It’s been eight years since I launched my blog… January 2005. Then it was “Lean Manufacturing Blog” at the kanban.blogspot.com address… it’s now “LeanBlog.org” as things have evolved in both the site’s design and content. My primary interests have shifted…
I wanted to let you know about an upcoming web radio show (tomorrow) and webinar (next week) that I’ll be participating in. Results-Only Radio: ROWE, Lean, and Six Sigma Gemba Academy Webinar on Managing with SPC
When an organization sets a target for the number of kaizen ideas employees should submit, it usually gets exactly what it asked for — a number. What it doesn’t get is genuine improvement. The ideas come in to hit the…
One of the books that’s had the biggest impact on my work is Donald Wheeler’s Understanding Variation: The Key to Managing Chaos. It’s the best guide for applying simple and powerful “statistical process control” (or SPC) practices to management data…
As I’ve been re-reading Dr. Deming’s Out of the Crisis, stuff like this jumps out at me more and more. I saw similar signs at Heathrow Airport last month bragging about the airport exceeding targets for customer service. This is,…
The blog has now had 10,000 visitors since the launch in March. October is the 8th straight month of increasing visits. That’s definitely an statistically significant upward trend that passes the SPC “Shewhart Rules” test. Thanks Professor Deming. I have…
Bloomberg.com Interesting that imports from China slowed last month, at least if you’re comparing just two data points. Analysts think there is good news to be found here that the economy is not slowing down (which I hope to be…
