Tag: Kaizen
Workshop in Seattle, July 29: An Introduction to Lean for Knowledge...
I'm happy to announce that I'm collaborating with Jim Benson and Tonianne DeMaria Barry, fellow Shingo Research Prize recipients, and experts in the "personal...
Lean Thinking (Finally?) Gets to Chrysler Windsor Plant?
This article appeared back in March... March of 2013... as in this year: "Windsor Chrysler workers reduce waste to be world class." I mean,...
“Healthcare Kaizen” Public Workshop – June 25, Dallas / Fort Worth
I first held a public registration workshop based on the book "Healthcare Kaizen" in Denver last month. I'm going to repeat the workshop in...
Toyota Brings TPS & The Toyota Way to India – The...
Here's a fascinating article: "How Toyota brought its famed manufacturing method to India."
The piece starts with a story about a classic Toyota management practice...
Ten “Everyday Lean” Examples of Creativity over Capital
There's a fun post on Lifehacker with photos of (and links to details on) ten clever household "hacks."
In the "kaizen" mindset, there's a great...
AME Spring Conference: Art Byrne
Like yesterday's "live blog" post about the Autoliv talk, I also wrote this post as Art Byrne talked, but held it for publication today....
Live Blogging AME Spring Conference: 17 Years of Lean at Autoliv
I've been fortunate to have the chance to visit an Autoliv factory in Utah - a great Lean company that makes air bags and...
A Lack of PDSA Made JCP’s New CEO SOL?
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...
Less Margin, No Mission?
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 -...
Some Recent Interviews on Lean Healthcare & Kaizen
I was fortunate to have three interviews published in the past week, where I was talking about Lean Healthcare and Kaizen, so I thought...
KaiNexus Update: Making Improvement Easier in More Industries
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...
Louisiana’s Online Suggestion Box Will Fail; Connecticut Lean Efforts Might Not
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...