Tag: Boeing
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: March 22, 2024
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Jim Womack’s Observations and Reflections on the Evolution of Lean [Podcast]
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My guest for Episode #499 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is James P. Womack. Jim...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: February 23, 2024
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From 2012: Kaizen on the Boeing 737 Line (Lean and Continuous...
2024 Preface: I'm re-posting this blog post from 2012 about Lean at Boeing. The WSJ headline emphasizes "speed up," but that could be the...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: February 9, 2024
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Closing Boeing’s “Shadow Factory” is Harder Than it Sounds
For a long time, I've heard the phrase "the hidden factory" used to describe various forms of waste in a factory, including rework operations...
The Problem (737 MAX and Beyond) at Boeing Isn’t “Idiots.” It’s...
As we sit in seat 26A, mindlessly watching a movie, we take for granted that our cell phone (or the shirt off our back)...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: January 26, 2024
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What Will a “Quality Stand Down” Day Accomplish at Boeing?
What do Boeing frontline mechanics and engineers think about this day? What did they expect going into it? How did the day turn out?...
Mistakes are Proof that You’re Trying? A Situational Analysis
We can all make mistakes, so I advocate for learning from mistakes through my book, podcast, and speaking. I do my best to learn...
Lean Whiskey #44: New Year’s Resolutions, But not Dry January; Boeing...
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In Episode 44 of the Lean Whiskey podcast, Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban get back together for this first episode of 2024.
Since we're...
Boeing: “You Get an Inspection! Everybody Gets an Inspection!” [Updated]
Update: I've written a longer piece about inspection that's now at the bottom of this post.
I'm frustrated that the official Boeing response to their...