UPS Reducing Driving Waste I got a comment on a post from April, about UPS developing efficient driving routes, including the guideline of avoiding left turns to save time. The commentor, purportedly a UPS driver himself, wrote: “Yeah well, it…
Let me try to lighten the mood after my earlier outrage over the medical mistake in L.A. (there are updates, though, see below). I don’t like to leave a negative post on top of the blog as we go into…
Implementing LEAN in our IT Office – IT Project Guy – FindTech Blogs Here is a blog post written by an IT project manager, Gary Rosenfeld, who is in a workplace that is starting to implement Lean. Or, at least…
IIE Blog Directory I’m happy to support the Institute of Industrial Engineers (I’m a member) with my exclusive “Everyday Lean” blog posts (appearing weekly, or so). Recent posts of mine: Poka Yoke at the Airport Waste of Transportation on ABC…
Lean manufacturing in action is a beautiful thing The link above is a column in a Wisconsin newspaper. He visited a plant “a few months ago” and is just now writing about it. I guess the lead times in newspaper…
I know it’s weird that I have my camera in a bathroom, but it was a solo bathroom and I always have a camera in my pocket when doing Lean work. I ran across this papertowel dispenser and it wasn’t…
Sharp takes a gamble on new TV plant in Mexico – USATODAY.com Good article in the USA Today today. Sorry for the redundant redundancy there. I’m reminded of an earlier post about Olevia building some TV’s in the US. I’m…
The Sun Chronicle Online – Opinion A medical error was in the news this week, a teacher was mistakenly given an insulin shot instead of a flu vaccine. Thankfully for the teacher, it’s not even something they had to be…
El Paso Times – Bubble Busters say farewell Here’s what would otherwise be a nice story about employees working together on kaizen (continuous improvement). The team is being rewarded with a trip to Japan: “In December, the group, who call…
The Lean Thinker » What Nukes? I had been mulling over trying to do a post on this story since the original story broke in August that some nuclear-armed cruise missiles were “accidentally” or “mistakenly” moved from one base in…
In the October 29, 2007 issue of FORTUNE, there is their weekly “How I Work” segment that profiles and/or glorifies an executive. This time it is Bobby Kotick, CEO of videogame maker Activision. They’ve evolved from Atari 2600 “tapes,” to…
I’ve mentioned this book before, coming out Nov 1, it’s called How Toyota Became #1: Leadership Lessons from the World’s Greatest Car Company. I had the exciting chance to have dinner tonight with the author, David Magee. I have, in…
