Tag: Quality

GM preps for new hires after buyoutsThis is a particularly sad story. We often debate the proper role of layoffs and headcount reductions in...

Dennis Quaid Recounts Twins' Drug Ordeal, Actor Tells 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft Medical Errors Kill Thousands - CBS News Did you see the actor Dennis...

Chinese Refrigerator Maker Finds U.S. Chilly - WSJ.com:Here's another case of where your bosses should NOT take manufacturing management practices from the WSJ. In...

Time for a low-carb Lean Six Sigma?:Stuff like this irritates me to no end:"Lean Manufacturing has us analyzing process flow and delay times at...

Wachter's World : The Checklist Saga: Victory!This is great news for patients and is probably great news for those of you who have been...

I was wondering the other day about hospital advertising that you might see in your community (TV ads, billboards, newspaper ads). With the focus...

I saw this ad (click on the photo for a larger, readable view) in the Wall Street Journal Monday. It's an ad run...

Flightblogger: Temporary Fasteners Causing Major Problems for 787 ProgramOk, so Boeing isn't using duct tape in their efforts to cobble together the first Dreamliner...

by Mike Lopez All these lead paint toy scandals are only the beginning. On July 12, 2007, Businessweek ran a story, "Made in China:...

LEAD SINKS SPONGEBOB CHINA GOODSSung to the TV theme... parody words by Mark Graban"Who's covered in lead and lives under the sea?Spongebob! Squarepants!Whose...

by Mike Lopez Today and tomorrow, I have the pleasure of taking part in a Lean Six Sigma summit being hosted by our corporation....

From today's USA Today, on the heels of the recent bad quality from China news, which includes:Baby bibs with lead found at Wal-MartTainted seafood"Chemical...