Tag: Flinchbaugh

The Chinese Auto Industry

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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...

Is Shigeo Shingo Overrated in the History of TPS and Lean?

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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...

Innovation or Improvement?

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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...

The Evolution of Lean in Healthcare

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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...

2006 Commencement Leadership Lessons

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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...

A Lean Budget?

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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...

The Five Whys

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

Lean Isn’t about "Productivity" and "Quality"

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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...

June Leading Lean Column

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

The Waste of Overproduction

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

We Have a Winner!

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

Educating Today’s Youth in Lean

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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...