Maybe “Just in Time” (JIT) Should Be Called “Short Lead…
This is the starting point for a blog post that I should expand on... after posting these initial thought…
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Rituso Shingo on The Toyota Production System and SMED
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My guest for Episode #409…
Podcast #366 — Harry Moser on the COVID-19 Supply Chain Wake-Up Call,…
My guest for Episode #366 is Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative. We talk about "reshoring," in…
Covid-19: Don’t Blame Toyota or “Just in Time” for Your Risky…
I normally love the public radio program "Marketplace" and have listened to it (on radio or as a podcast) for 15…
A #Lean Guy Visits a Hospital and Medical School in Chongqing, China
Continuing my series of blog posts about my July trip to China, today's post is about my first significant…
My Lean Healthcare Trip to China: Transitioning From Beijing to Shanghai
Continuing my series of blog posts about my July trip to China, today's post is about the second city I…
Part 3 of Day 1: #Lean Healthcare Trip to China: Visuals, Payment, Management,…
Continuing to go through my notes, picking up from my last post...
Visuals
The presenter said something…
#Lean Healthcare Trip to China, Day 1, Part 2: Chinese Hospital Presentations in…
Continuing from Part 1 of my post about my first day of my first China trip, I'd like to share more about the…
#Lean Healthcare Trip to China, Day 1, Part 1: Familiar Themes at the Beijing…
After arriving at the hotel in Beijing at about 8 pm the night before, I participated in a day-long Lean…
My First #Lean Healthcare Visit to China: A Post Mostly About Travel and Food
I just returned on Wednesday from my first trip to China to meet with people and give presentations about Lean…
Back from Vacation; Chinese Translation; Champagne Gemba Time
I'm back from vacation and, as with any good vacation, I'm trying to get back into the swing of things with work…
Stuff I’m Reading, May 7, 2012: Nurses, Blame, Government, Apple in China
Here are links to some more articles I've read recently that might be of interest on a number of Lean related…
“The speed and flexibility is breathtaking” – But in a good way?
There has been a lot of buzz over last Sunday's New York Times article "How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work." It's…
Your Thoughts on Recent Articles about Apple, Foxconn, and China?
This week, I've been reading and listening to a lot of articles about working conditions at the Foxconn facilities…
Steve Jobs as a Model Leader? As a Manufacturing Leader?
As I wrote about after his death, I am appreciative of the products and services that Steve Jobs brought to the…
Fox News Channel Understands “Lean” Better than the WSJ
On Friday, there was yet another Wall Street Journal article about Lean (fixating as they always do on the "Just In…
WSJ Wrongly Blames Apple Inventory Problems on “Lean Manufacturing”
OK, so I'll admit I had a case of "rabbit ears" when I took the WSJ to task for calling the doomed BP Deepwater…
Ships Passing in the Night – China Builds U.S. Factories
In an era where it was a "no brainer" to move factories to China, chasing cheap labor, the Lean world…