Lean in Russia, Part 1
Thanks to the global reach of the internet, I have a new correspondent for the Lean Blog in Russia. We have exchanged some emails and we now have a Q&A series that I will post here. My correspondent is Slava…
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Deming on Education
If there was any value to the Industry Week commentary that tried to link Deming and Obama, it was that it prompted me to re-read some of Deming’s work, namely the “management of people” chapter from The New Economics. There’s…
Rest in Peace Joseph Juran 1904 – 2008
Joseph Juran, 103, Pioneer in Quality Control, Dies – New York Times I haven’t run the numbers, but it’s probably fair to say that Juran’s lifespan was far beyond +3 standard deviations beyond the mean. His impact and influence on…
Ohio Manufacturing Jobs & Presidential Politics
Politics | NAFTA bashing popular, but is it justified? | Seattle Times Newspaper Google News Search At the risk of stirring an unmanageable political debate (please keep the discussion in line with the “respect for people” principle and avoid name…
Jeffrey Liker on Toyota Culture and the Human Side of the Toyota Way (Part 1)
Jeffrey Liker explains why Toyota’s success is rooted in culture, leadership, and deep respect for people–not Lean tools. This episode explores the human systems behind the Toyota Way and why real Lean transformation takes years, not days. Here is LeanBlog…
Lean Meets Green at Subaru
By Jason Turgeon: Introductions: I’m Jason Turgeon, the newest addition to the Lean Blog team. Mark and I have had an email dialog going for a few months about the intersection of green and lean, and he’s invited me to…
The Feds Reverse Their Decision on Checklists!
Wachter’s World : The Checklist Saga: Victory! This is great news for patients and is probably great news for those of you who have been following the “checklists” saga. The federal government has reversed its earlier decision to shutdown the…
Norm Bodek on the New Shingo Book, ‘Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking’ [Podcast]
Listen: LeanBlog Podcast #36 once again features our friend and frequent guest, Norman Bodek, noted lean author, consultant, and President of PCS Press. In this episode, Norman talks about his most recent publication, a text by the legendary Shigeo Shingo,…
Toyota Gains Lead in Overproduction?
Toyota beats GM in global production; GM No. 1 in global sales So it turns out that GM *sold* more cars than Toyota in 2007, but it’s basically rounding error and a virtual tie (as pointed out well by the…
Explaining Lean at a Bar
As if explaining Lean to people at hospitals doesn’t stretch my brain enough, I sometimes find it’s a fun (or at least helpful) challenge to explain what it is I do to folks who’ve had no exposure to it (like…
Six Sigma In the Newsroom
Technology Review: “You Don’t Understand Our Audience” It’s just one part of a very interesting article in the MIT magazine by John Hockenberry, a former reporter for NBC news. NBC (and NBC Universal) are a part of the General Electric…
Air Travel — Results vs Process
If you’re a results thinker, you should feel reassured that 2007 had zero U.S. air travel fatalities for the first time in a long time, the continuation of an apparent downward trend. 2007 a safe year for U.S. airlines If…
