Blue-collar exodus brings new challenges – 11/30/06 – The Detroit News Online: UPDATE: In case some of you don’t know my history of writing about how Ford and mass production companies typically don’t respect blue collar workers…. the word “Dummies”…
Hospital-acquired infections take toll on bottom lines – USATODAY.com One of the problems that hospitals are trying to reduce, through lean methods and other good standard practices, is hospital-acquired infections — known as “nosocomial infections.” Obviously, health providers have incentives…
By Luke Van Dongen Next in the blog series on the topic of applying lean tools to university courses is ‘Go & See’, which I personally believe can never be overdone. Getting back to our example from the Operations course…
There’s a column with that title in the current issue of Business 2.0 magazine, the Nov 2006 issue. I’m re-posting this because the article is now online. The piece is about measuring the productivity of office or white collar professional…
Learning about Lean Joe Ely is re-starting his blog, now with a focus on his very personal lean journey at work. Should make for interesting reading. I’m glad Joe is sharing the types of details I feel unable to share…
Journal Gazette | 11/15/2006 | Big Three get little from Bush session Has anyone heard the “weak yen” excuse from the Big 3 lately? GM’s Rick Wagoner claims Toyota gets a “$3,000 to $9,000” subsidy per vehicle for exports to…
From a friend who is an engineer at a major company in an industry that should know a lot about lean by now: Old way: Cleaning personnel, as they are cleaning offices, empty trash can from each desk daily. New…
Mulally: Ford needs to become one global company – 11/10/06 – The Detroit News Online: Isn’t it funny how it takes an outsider to come in to point out the obvious? New Ford CEO Alan Mulally: “‘The best in the…
Lean was on my brain traveling home yesterday. Mostly bad examples, but one thing jumped out at me, somewhat positive. I love the TPS notion of “explaining why” (and blogged about it here after touring NUMMI). In the Lean and…
By Mark Edmondson, LEAN Affiliates Last week I had three unrelated yet similar phone conversations that you, an executive in pursuit of excellence, may find of interest. These calls had several similarities: – All are with experienced mid-level professionals (they…
Businesses may move health care overseas – Yahoo! News I’m by no means a protectionist, nor do I automatically think any doctors or hospitals outside the U.S. would automatically be inferior… But, that said, I’m VERY uncomfortable with the idea…
My apologies for the delay in following through with posts from the EdNet / LEAN conference. Here’s a bit on one of the presentations from the conference that I’m sure will spur on some discussion. Randall Cook from Utah State…