By Jason Turgeon: This week is National Drinking Water Week! If that doesn’t excite you, think about the Lean implications of this dreadful story about the deaths of 80 children last month in South Africa resulting from a breakdown in…
I’ve had the opportunity to read Bob Emiliani’s two collections of essays on “Real Lean” and I’m long overdue on posting about them. I’m especially late considering since Volume Three is coming out in June. These books are particularly recommended…
Medical Leave — Offshore Medicine — Fast Company Interesting read here in the latest issue of Fast Company about a hospital in Thailand and one of the visionaries, Ruben Toral, who wants to globalize healthcare. The idea of patients flying…
By Jason Turgeon: As a regular part of my job, I visit large industrial sites (mostly sewage treatment plants-yum!). This means that I have to have an OSHA certification in worker safety. Every year, my employer hires a trainer to…
Update 5/1/08: The CEO is being forced out, “retiring” in September Star-Telegram.com: | 04/27/2008 | JPS patients get shortchanged as cash surpluses keep growing Secondary article summarizing some of the problems I linked to this on Monday and I’m revisiting…
JPS patients get shortchanged as cash surpluses keep growing This linked article is a preview of what I’ll be blogging about next. I’m trying an experiment in posting an article first… what comments do you have? Don’t worry, I’m not…
NFL teams play hurry-up offense in draft – USATODAY.com I’m not a huge NFL Draft geek. It’s on right now, but I’m watching some hockey (Go Red Wings!). The NFL has cut the time allotted for each pick in the…
From Devin, a graduate student, posted with his permission: “I’m an operations management student who is writing a report on lean manufacturing at GM. However, the more I research, the more I find that there’s far more to write about…
Following up on Jason’s post last week about China and pollution, here is a video from the fake (but deadpan funny) Onion News Network (nice article about them in the NY Times today, I’ve subscribed to their video podcast from…
One of the most fascinating trends out of there is the spread of Toyota folks into other old-line automakers or parts suppliers — Gary Convis, Jim Press, and Jim Farley, to name three. What impact can they have outside of…
A reader sent this picture from a hospital restroom. I’m not sure if the reader is a patient parent or a hospital employee. They asked, “Why are we putting it on the parents to remind doctors to wash their hands?…
TheStar.com | Drinks | Yeast goes wild in Trappist ale One of my favorite discoveries in the past year is a Belgian “Trappist Ale” called Orval. A friend in Toronto saw this article/review in the local paper and it reminded…
