Tag: Just-In-Time

Life Without Tap Water in Boston – New Standardized Work

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I'm sitting here on a Sunday morning, drinking a cup of coffee I made at home with bottled water. Why bottled water? Because of...

Lean is “Taking Canadian Healthcare by Storm,” but Look Out for...

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In an article ("Assembly required: Health care from the Toyota factory floor") from Canada's National Post newspaper says Lean healthcare is "taking Canadian healthcare...

Ten (Mostly) Common Misconceptions About Toyota & Lean

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Ten Common Misconceptions About Toyota | Quality Digest I found this interesting column from Quality Digest, by Stewart Anderson, a guy who says he has...

Hotels Give “Lean” a Bad Name??

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Housekeepers' Giant "Hope Quilt" Puts Hotel Job Injuries in Spotlight | Labor Notes Articles like this are incredibly frustrating to see. It makes me think...

USA Today Features Lean in Hospitals

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Hospital CEOs manage staff time, inventory to cut costs - USATODAY.com It's nice to see a major publication covering Lean and, especially, Lean in healthcare....

Book Review: "Kaizen Express"

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I have always learned a lot from John Shook. As I've blogged about before, I've seen John present about TPS and management (leadership, really)...

Doofus and Leanie Cartoon #3 – JIT

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Here's the 3rd in the "Doofus and Leanie" series  (a parody of "Goofus and Gallant") this time  obviously inspired by recent discussions about the...

This Year’s WSJ “JIT”-Bashing Article, Again Misguided

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Clarity Is Missing Link in Supply Chain - WSJ.com Ah, here we go, it's time for the annual Just-In-Time-bashing article from the Wall Street Journal....

Toyota History Article in the Las Vegas Paper

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ReviewJournal.com - Drive - Toyota empire was built on thread, not treadIt's surprising to see an article like this in the Las Vegas paper....

"JIT" As A Cause of Delayed Shipments?

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"Just in Time" so often gets a bad rap. People blame "JIT" for all sorts of problems, when it's often a problem with how...

Updated: P&G "Forced" to Shorten Supply Chains, As Are Others

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FT.com / Home UK / UK - Oil price forces P&G to rethink its distributionOK, I'm catching up on an old post since I...

"Just In Time Patients??"

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Medical Leave -- Offshore Medicine -- Fast CompanyInteresting read here in the latest issue of Fast Company about a hospital in Thailand and...