A Lean Guy Reads FORTUNE
As I was catching up on my back issues of FORTUNE, I had a few Lean thoughts as I read. In the June 9 edition, the article “Wal-Mart puts the squeeze on food costs” caught my eye. It says: Wal-Mart…
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Blog Format Change – Comments
Hi – if you’re a regular reader (or especially a frequent commenter), you may notice a change to how comments are entered.If you click on “comments” to add a comment, this is now done on the main blog page, instead…
Surgical Checklists in the News!
WHO Proposes Checklist to Reduce Surgery Errors : NPR A surgical revolution: checklist that could prevent thousands of deaths Thanks to long-time readers Chet and Andrew for pointing out these similar stories, one from NPR in the U.S. and one…
Tom Peters: The high number of hospital-caused drug errors and infections is a disgrace
From Modern Healthcare (link no longer available), Tom Peters throws a few verbal bombs at the healthcare industry: Quality gains needn’t be costly, Peters tells HFMA Financial executives can do more to improve healthcare quality and it won’t cost more…
My Letter to the IE Magazine
I’m a proud member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and their sub-organization the Society for Health Systems. I try to contribute to the cause with my “Everyday Lean” blog series that they host on their site. I wrote a…
Norman Bodek on His 68th Trip to Japan, Canon vs. Toyota, and Rethinking “Work Smarter, Not Harder”
Norman Bodek is once again back for episode #47 of the LeanBlog Podcast. Today, he shares insights from his 68th study trip to Japan. Norman reflects on decades of visiting Toyota and contrasts what he saw there with Canon’s groundbreaking…
Reader Question: Difficult People
Fire people who think they’re entitled to run things – Jacksonville Business Journal: The linked article and question were sent by a reader who asked, in part: I discovered your blog and podcast a few months ago and have been…
Lean and Deming’s Anti-Slogan Views
Earlier leanblog.org post and comment Last week, I posted about Deming’s 14 points and I got an interesting question from a blog reader, Brian: I found # 10 confounding: “Eliminate slogans, exhortations and targets.” Slogans are sometimes used to communicate…
Lean in a Liverpool Hospital
Follow Royal’s example on waiting lists, hospitals told – Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk Nice story from here in the UK (where I am right now), about an NHS hospital in Liverpool reducing surgery patient backlogs and delays through Lean. From the…
Deming Overview Article in the News
The Whig Standard – Ontario, CA I’m always curious when I see an article like this in the news about the late Dr. W. Edwards Deming. The article, from Kingston Ontario, Canada, doesn’t reference any local companies. What prompted the…
An MD/CEO In Indiana Believes in Lean
Doctor takes pulse of Lutheran Health | The Journal Gazette: Here’s an article about Dr. Mike Schatzlein, Chief executive officer for Lutheran Health Network and Dupont Hospital, in Indiana. “Schatzlein believes “lean engineering” – like that employed by manufacturers to…
A Lean Guy Reads the Financial Times
I’ve often done posts titled “A Lean Guy Reads the WSJ” — I would create a link to them, but I’m currently suffering a bit of an internet glitch (can anyone help?) I’m in the UK, but my hotel’s internet…