UPS Reducing Driving Waste
ABC News: UPS Figures Out the ‘Right Way’ to Save Money, Time and Gas “Efficiency is so much a part of the culture at UPS…” UPS has always been known as an Industrial Engineering driven company. Here’s an example of…
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Government, Soldiers, and Backlogs
Worldandnation: Backlog has veterans waiting for disability claims Here is a sad case of bad flow, an imbalance in demand and capacity, and the impact it has on our country’s injured and disabled soldiers. Nearly 400,000 disability claims were pending…
TX Paper Accuses Mulally of Insulting Salespeople
Star-Telegram.com | 04/06/2007 | America’s Great Automotive Stuntmen Local car columnist Ed Wallace seems like a friendly curmudgeon. This week, he writes about Ford’s CEO Allan Mulally and his adventures at Village Ford (back in Dearborn). Wallace rightfully takes on…
Seth Godin Got "Kanban" Wrong
Seth’s Blog: In praise of a blank page I don’t expect “lean expertise” from marketing blogger Seth Godin (it’s nice he often mentions lean concepts), but he got some details about lean wrong and he doesn’t allow reader comments on…
100% is the Only Goal for Hospital Hand Hygiene
Ledger-Enquirer | 03/27/2007 | Campaign’s goal is to reduce infections To those who might have thought I overstated the situation with hand washing in hospitals, here’s another article about maintaining proper hygiene among hospital staff and caregivers. One particular risk…
Greatest Asset, My…
Circuit City’s harsh layoffs give glimpse of a new world First off, Circuit City is not a “Lean” company. So when people ask “is Lean always good for employees?,” you can also ask “when is traditional management always good for…
Say "No" to Bad Drug Stores
The Blotter: ABC Report on Pharmacy Errors I first stumbled across this 20/20 report when I saw a preview on the ABC investigative reports video podcast. Pharmacy errors are a major problem (see this story): There are as many as…
Boeing’s Lean Bet
Kevin Meyer at Evolving Excellence commented the other day on the Wall Street Journal article about Boeing’s recent supply chain challenges. I’d like to add to what he said from a broader perspective on the industry, and how I think…
What You’re Searching For
I routinely scan the list of keywords that people use in the course of finding the Lean Blog. It’s sometimes interesting (I think) to share some of those here. The most popular current terms aren’t surprising: lean manufacturing, leanblog, lean…
Is a “Rude” Customer Still Right, at Starbucks or any Setting?
Starbucks Gossip: I know Starbucks would never allow a sign like this to be posted… One blog I follow sometimes is one run primarily for the purposes of allowing Starbucks “baristas,” to bitch about customers. They are coming dangerously close…
Russia: Not the Right Root Cause
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World — Russia probes claims medics tied toddlers to beds I hope nobody finds this to be too insensitive of an example… it’s obviously not good what happened to these toddlers. But, I think it’s instructive…
Lean and Green
Global shipping must curb ‘unchecked’ pollution: study – Yahoo! News Here’s yet another reason to consider keeping production close to your customers and using Lean production methods: the environment. Ocean-going vessels now belch out more of the major air pollutant…