The magazine “Manufacturing Business Technology” (from Reed Publications) is launching their new website today. I’d invite you check them out at www.mbtmag.com. For their new site, MBT asked me to contribute content on Lean Manufacturing, which I’m happy to do…
Starbucks Gossip: Is another price increase in the works at Starbucks? One of the random blogs in my blog reader is Starbucks Gossip. I’m a regular customer (grande drip, no room) and I like getting some insights into how the…
So we talked earlier about risk and manufacturing. What about risk and PC’s? If you “single source” your data on a single PC or single hard drive, you’re setting yourself up for failure. Hard Drive (or PC) failures are much…
I recorded my Podcast interview with Dr. Sami Bahri, “The First Lean Dentist,” last night. What a treat it has been to talk with Dr. Bahri. I can’t wait to get this edited and released so you all can hear…
IGLC Keynote Address: “In this Keynote Address Mr. Bodek will be discussing the fundamentals behind the Kaizen philosophy of continuous improvement. He will speak to how the Construction Industry can get rid of the ‘Punch-list Syndrome.’” Knowing Norman, this talk…
APM Marketplace (Business/Economy radio) As you’ve read here, I’m trying to help get the word out that we should be not just focusing on access to care, but also focusing on quality of care — preventable medical mistakes. I think…
In my morning reading yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised to see the phrase “root cause” in two stories I’ve written about here: Preventable Medical Errors (free, Modesto Bee) Deadly Products from China ($$, WSJ) I have a post I’ve written,…
I’m very excited to announce that I will be recording a LeanBlog Podcast interview with Dr. Sami Bahri, the “First Lean Dentist,” on Tuesday July 17. If you have any questions for Dr. Bahri, you can email me at leanpodcast@gmail.com…
Lean Insider – Toyota Shifting Production to Lower Labor Costs? It Could Happen The Lean Insider blog poses an interesting question…. is it keeping with the “respect for people” principle of the Toyota Production System if Toyota wants to move…
After watching Michael Moore virtually melt down on CNN a few minutes ago, I had some thoughts… As I wrote about before, there are two problems with healthcare: Access to care Quality of care once it’s provided The Lean work…
Better questions, wiser answers – The Washington Times A “hat tip” to the curious cat for finding this excellent column by Clare Crawford-Mason, the producer of the outstanding documentary and DVD “Good News… Hospitals Heal Themselves.” I’m paraphrasing, but Clare…
Hard-up hospital orders staff: Don’t wash sheets – turn them over the Daily Mail Updated: The hospital denies the claims (as has a commenter on this post) This is NOT good problem solving or good patient care, if this is…