Tag: LAME

A Defense of Lean and of Lean at Starbucks

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Yesterday's WSJ front page headline caught my eye, as a frequent Starbucks customer and obvious Lean zealot: Latest Starbucks Buzzword: 'Lean' Japanese Techniques The headline is...

The New GM Is No Longer the "Leaner" GM?

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I've complained about this before, it hardly fazes me any more when the media say that GM is going to be "leaner" in the...

Saving the Most L.A.M.E Day Ever

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By Andy Wagner:This summer, I am supervising three interns. The first week one of them asked what "lean six sigma" was about. ...

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....

Lame Survey about Lean in Healthcare?

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Hospitals See Benefits of Lean and Six Sigma Regular readers know I often write about what I termed "L.A.M.E." -- Lean as Misguidedly Executed. The...

L.A.M.E. in Advertising

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"L.A.M.E." is a term I created here on the Lean Blog meaning "Lean As Misguidedly Executed" (it's a forced acronym, I know... but it...

Outsourcing Functions Does Not Equal "Lean?

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More misuse of the word "lean" (hat tip to Michael for forwarding the press release) titled, "Economy Drives Manufacturers To Go Lean; Outsource More...

"Superficial Lean" or "Like Lean"??

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In my travels, I see a lot of what you might call "superficial Lean," where an organization has tried to implement a Lean tool....

This WSJ Article (as do Many Organizations) Misses the Point of...

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Neatness Counts at Kyocera and at Others in the 5S Club - WSJ.com I'm going to violate a rule I have to try not to...

"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...

Lean or LAME at Boeing?

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By Andrew Wagner: My wife, the resident space geek, turned me in the direction of this Boeing Press Release on their new lean "pulse line"...

The "LAME" Cargo Cult and Lean

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By Andrew Wagner:I stumbled across a piece Richard Feynman spoke some time ago about "Cargo Cult Science" and couldn't help but extend the...