Tag: Flinchbaugh

I won't comment on this much, because I'm not an expert on the Chinese auto industry (I still buy U.S.-built cars). But The Great...

Unless you subscribe to Superfactory, you probably haven't noticed a nearly raging debate on the true contributions to "lean" and the Toyota Production System...

In this Business Week column, the title is The Myth of Creativity. This takes a bold stance AGAINST creativity. Here is the central premise: The...

Today's Detroit News wrote about lean in healthcare, this time in their own beloved University of Michigan system. Titled "U-M Hospital Takes Page from...

Lean is about a journey, and it requires leadership. If you can not teach, you can not lead. On Father's Day I mentioned the...

From the June 26th edition of Business Week, The Welch Way by Jack and Suzy Welch was called Stop the B.S. Budget (need subscription...

This article appeared in the May 31st issue of APICS extra. It featured yours truly and covers the topic of the five whys. You...

Did I get your attention? OK, it was a misleading headline, sort of. Certainly, productivity and quality are important, as are safety and on-time...

by Jamie FlinchbaughMy monthly column Leading Lean for Assembly Magazine is now published. This month I focus on the staple of lean implementations, 5S,...

by Jamie FlinchbaughAny growth story is eventually met wth an industry wide waste of overproduction, or glut of capacity. When this happens, plants have...

Throughout May we have been holding a contest for the best examples of Everyday Lean, examples of lean thinking that show up in everyday...

Bringing lean into our education system is a two-pronged requirement. One aspect, which has not been written about much at all, is applying lean...