Tag: Boeing

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TL;DR: Boeing's 737 MAX failures weren't caused by frontline workers--they were the predictable result of leadership choices that prioritized schedule over safety and ignored...

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Jim Womack returns to the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast to reflect on how Lean thinking has evolved--and where it has gone off track. Drawing...

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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...

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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...

tl;dr: The Boeing 737 MAX incident wasn't caused by careless workers. It was the predictable result of weak systems, rushed production, poor mistake-proofing, and...

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What do Boeing frontline mechanics and engineers think about this day? What did they expect going into it? How did the day turn out?...

TL;DR: "Mistakes are proof you're trying" sounds encouraging -- but it depends on the setting. In innovation work, mistakes are often part of learning....