WILSONDAILY.COM: Merck tests method for better outputHere is an article about the first Merck site to implement lean. I’ve harshly criticized Merck’s announced lean efforts earlier, as it seemed focused on cutting jobs. November 2005: I’ll Bet That Merck’s “Lean”…
03/23/06 – The Detroit News (Welcome Slate.com readers. Click here or on the top banner to check out my main page and to learn more about lean and the Toyota Production System). It’s a rather optimistic headline in the Detroit…
No, this isn’t a 5S discussion. Every once in a while, I peek at the blog servers stats to see what people search for (on Google, for example) before getting here to the blog. This is just a sample that…
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta Rei Here is a sad update on Merck’s “lean” efforts (click the link above). I hate to call what they are doing “lean” but that’s what Merck is calling it. I posted…
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…
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…
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…
Project Kaizen Co-Blogging Themes :: Reforming Project Management Starting Monday, I will be joining a group of lean thinkers and bloggers who will be writing all week on the topic of “Project Kaizen”, or the practice of kaizen in project-type…
Hello, blog readers, just a quick update here. It’s been an exciting week on the Lean Manufacturing Blog. Thanks to being included on the Lean Enterprise Institute email blast, blog traffic really spiked, with over 2,000 visitors in the last…
Bob Nardelli is Watching Update Jan 4 2007 — I really had it wrong on Nardelli, see the latest news and post. They don’t call it a “gemba walk”, but in the new Fast Company magazine, there is a profile…
CNN – Nov. 22, 2005 How ironic that we’re reading about mass layoffs in the “big, old, and slow” companies (such as the auto industry) while there is a projected shortage of skilled manufacturing workers. There’s no shortage of people…
