Tag: Kaizen

I've been fortunate to have the chance to visit an Autoliv factory in Utah - a great Lean company that makes air bags and...

It's been interesting to follow the rise and fall of former Apple retailing executive Ron Johnson during his less-than-two-year stint as CEO at long-struggling...

I've re-read this article a number of times: "Cancer clinics are turning away thousands of Medicare patients. Blame the sequester." It's a sad situation -...

I was fortunate to have three interviews published in the past week, where I was talking about Lean Healthcare and Kaizen, so I thought...

There's been a lot happening since my last update on the blog about KaiNexus, the technology company that "makes improvement easier," where I am...

I'm a critic of traditional suggestion boxes since they are usually garbage cans for ideas. Boxes collect anonymous complaints (not good), and managers often...

I always get annoyed when people spread the false dichotomy of "Lean is about efficiency and Six Sigma is for quality." Replace the word...

When I talk to people about the Kaizen approach to continuous improvement, with my consulting hat on or in my role with KaiNexus, I...

While Lean is not primarily a cost-cutting methodology (or, we could say it's not focused ONLY on costs), cost reduction is a common end...

Today I'm linking to a guest post that I wrote for my friend Marc Rouppe van der Voort who works at St. Elisabeth Hospital...

With apologies to The Beatles and Dr. John Toussaint: "Kaizen Culture" (sung to "Revolution" by The Beatles)   You say you want a kaizen culture Well, you know We...

Following up on my recent post on the tour of the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas (TMMTX) plant in San Antonio, here are some pictures...