Tag: Aviation

Lean is Not About Outsourcing

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How Boeing Got Going - TIMEEvolving Excellence's Kevin Meyer will comment on this after his vacation, I'm sure (read his other Boeing comments starting...

Book Review: Boeing Versus Airbus

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Review by Andy Wagner: Name of the Book: Boeing Versus Airbus: The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business Author: John Newhouse Publication Date: 2007 Book...

"lean" is not "Lean"

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The Middle Seat - WSJ.com:Here's an example of the every day use of the word "lean" that, unfortunately, means just about the exact opposite...

Smaller Airline Batches Hurt the System?

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Small Jets, More Trips Worsen Airport Delays - AOL Money & FinanceHere's a free version of an article that originally appeared in the WSJ...

Lean Airport Lines?

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Case of the Vanishing Airport Lines - WSJ.comThis article made me think of Lean in the sense that Alaska Air radically rethought the passenger...

"Bad Systems in the News" Update

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Here are some updates on the "Bad Systems" I featured last week, Northwest Airlines and the NBA. I know I promised more positive...

Bad Systems in the News: PHX TSA

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Serious Security Questions at Sky Harbor AirportNew interim security director named at Sky HarborHere's another story from last week about bad systems, and bad...

Bad Systems in the News: Northwest

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NWA blames pilot absences: Detroit Free PressUpdated: NWA calls back all its pilots as cancellations mountIn another example of media/management blaming, Northwest Airlines...

Updated: Southwest Airlines Would Say Delphi Management is Failing

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Updated: Delphi workers in NY rejected the contract proposal.Updated: It looks like the contract has been accepted by the UAW...I got caught up...

Step 1: Anger Employees, Step 2: Mollify Them

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Northwest Air, Out of Chapter 11, Aims to Mollify Customers, Labor - WSJ.comMollify (v): to soften in feeling or temper, as a person;...

Employee Driven Improvement at Southwest

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Seconds count for Southwest | Dallas Morning NewsHere was a nice article from the Dallas paper a week ago about kaizen-type activities at Southwest...

Darn Big Pieces on the Darn Big Loader

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Big pieces of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner arrive | Seattle Times NewspaperThis is really Kevin Meyer's issue at Evolving Excellence, but I can't resist blogging...