Boneheaded Design from Verizon
Verizon’s new phones set off alarm when you dial 911 This sort of smells like a “urban legend” or a tall tale, but this was also reported in the “mainstream media“, not just in the blogs (no offense to blogs!)…
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Womack on China Costs and Lean Healthcare
IndustryWeek : Thought Leaders — Lean On Me (Full Transcript)IndustryWeek : Thought Leaders — Lean On Me (Print Version) Other blogs, including Gemba Panta Rei have already linked to this, but I’ll also post it with a few different highlights.…
LeanBlog Podcast #32 – Norman Bodek on His Most Recent Lean Study Trip to Japan
LeanBlog Podcast #32 once again features our friend and frequent guest, Norman Bodek, noted lean author, consultant, and President of PCS Press. In this episode, Norman talks about his recent study trip to Japan and what he saw there. If…
The Same Kind of Different Car Company
A poignant story showed up in the Washington Post during the recent GM strike that hits at the heart of the principle of respect for people. It came from the Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Management, required to work…
Talk Shop with Cliff from Cheers
Series of Town Hall Meetings on Manufacturing Issues I’ve written before about John Ratzenberger (from Cheers fame) and his show “Made in America.” I’ve always appreciated his show because of what seems to be sincere interest in how things are…
Sounds Like Lean in Michigan
TOM WALSH: Custom vehicle builder Spartan Motors has a can-do culture The article doesn’t mention “Lean,” but it’s nice to see a positive story coming out of the manufacturing world in Michigan. No surprise, it’s from a small company instead…
TWI Webcast this Week
IndustryWeek : Foundations of the Toyota Production System: Establish Standardized Work & Sustain Your Lean Initiative with TWI Training I’m hoping to attend this online, or at least I’ll watch the archive. This Webcast will also feature Patrick Graupp, who…
Updated: Press leaving Toyota for Chrysler
Autoblog.com report This is surprising — Toyota’s top U.S. executive, Jim Press, who had been the first American named as a Toyota corporate director, is leaving to take a top sales and marketing job at Chrysler. Does this mean Tom…
Book Review: Boeing Versus Airbus
Review by Andy Wagner: Name of the Book: Boeing Versus Airbus: The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business Author: John Newhouse Publication Date: 2007 Book Description: Boeing Versus Airbus is not exactly a lean book, but it…
No, Not Spongebob!!
LEAD SINKS SPONGEBOB CHINA GOODS Sung to the TV theme… parody words by Mark Graban “Who’s covered in lead and lives under the sea?Spongebob! Squarepants! Whose China-made goods may endanger your kids?Spongebob! Squarepants! If dangerous journals be something you wishSpongebob!…
Carnival of Lean Posts
The “Management Improvement Carnival” is a regular feature of John Hunter’s “Curious Cat” blog. John has had different bloggers hosting the carnival lately and now it’s my turn. So, here’s the Lean Carnival for the last two weeks, some of…
Norman Bodek on the First Anniversary of the Podcast, Gantt, and the Ninth Waste
LeanBlog Podcast #28 features our friend and frequent guest, Norman Bodek, noted lean author, consultant, and President of PCS Press. This also celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Podcast, which featured Norman as our first guest. As I’ve given him…