Tag: Quality

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: July 26, 2024

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Lean Whiskey #47: Decriminalizing Medical Errors, Mouse Jiggling, and New (to...

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Listen: In Episode 47 of the Lean Whiskey podcast, Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban attempt another experiment with our format, covering a range of quick-hit...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: July 12, 2024

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Karen Martin on the Power of Mistake Proofing in Lean Management

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #510 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Karen Martin, Founder and...

Preventing Surgical Errors: Effective Strategies Over Warning Signs in Operating Rooms

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This is a Chat GPT / Dall-E generated image: It's silly, right? I've never seen a sign like this in an operating room. And I'm...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: May 17, 2024

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Rewriting the Management Gospel: Lessons from Hayes, Abernathy, and the Frontlines...

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Professors Robert H. Hayes and William J. Abernathy have harsh words about a common, if not typical style of American management: "...an overdependence on analytical...

Don Petersen, Ford CEO Who Learned from Dr. Deming, Passes Away...

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The other day, I read about the passing of Donald E. Peterson, who was a key CEO for Ford Motor Company in the 1980s...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 19, 2024

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My Piece for IndustryWeek: Boeing Executives Failed to Lead, Waved Off...

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I wrote this piece for IndustryWeek... it starts: "In January, passengers, crew and the public were stunned by the latest high-profile incident involving a...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: March 22, 2024

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Closing Boeing’s “Shadow Factory” is Harder Than it Sounds

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For a long time, I've heard the phrase "the hidden factory" used to describe various forms of waste in a factory, including rework operations...