Screwed by Bad Software – Be Careful
WD Sync software on the WD Passport drive – WORLD Law Direct Forums I’m furious. Really, I’m dumbfounded — too dumbfounded to really be upset. I thought I was doing all of the right things — I was backing up…
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Internal Competition Hurts Teamwork? Duh!
Retailers Reprogram Workers In Efficiency Push – WSJ.com This is more of a Deming philosophy article than a “Lean article” since the retailer in question here doesn’t say they’re using Lean…. which is good, since the situation described in the…
Wasted Clicks in Badly Written Software
So I’m using some online software for work, a system that I don’t normally have to use. I enter a login and password, and then hit the ENTER key on my keyboard. Most web pages or software will recognize this…
A Software Salesperson Being Honest
Think Like the CEO of a Brand Called You « Personal Branding Blog – Dan Schawbel The much-maligned software salespeople telling the truth? It was bound to happen. Mark Kuta, a former software salesperson, is peddling a book. In an…
Open Source Public Health Software through Lean Methods
Collaborative Software Initiative The link above is a project that might be interesting to those of you working in “Lean Software”… or those who afraid of problems in our collective ability to track the spread of infectious diseases. From their…
iTunes and Reducing the "Waste of Bandwidth"
If you’re an active listener to Podcasts, like the LeanBlog Podcast, you might likely use Apple iTunes software. If you’re like me, you might subscribe to more podcasts than you actually have time to listen to (although I hope you…
Define the Goals, Otherwise Anxiety Builds
Implementing LEAN in our IT Office – IT Project Guy – FindTech Blogs Here is a blog post written by an IT project manager, Gary Rosenfeld, who is in a workplace that is starting to implement Lean. Or, at least…
Workstudy Software
We had a similar post/discussion before about software for Value Stream Mapping. Now, I’d like to ask/survey the blog audience about software for work measurement or time studies. The category of software I’m talking about includes these: UMT Plus, from…
Software Development, Kanban in Action
Kanban in Action Here’s a nice example of applying Kanban to a software development process, from David J. Anderson’s “Agile Management Blog.” Has anyone used a process like this for managing open factory maintenance issues instead of software bugs? Visit…
Merger in the Lean World
DemandPoint From their Press Release: Pelion Systems, a market leader in Lean Manufacturing Operating Systems, and JCIT International, the pioneer of award-winning Demand Flow ® Technology (DFT), have entered into an agreement to merge companies and create a new organization…
LeanBlog Podcast #22 – Allan Wilson, CEO of “Factory Logic” (Acquired by SAP), on Lean Software
Episode #22 of the Podcast is a discussion with Allan Wilson, CEO of Factory Logic, a software company that was acquired by SAP late last year. Allan is now the VP of Lean Manufacturing Operations for SAP. We talk about…
Intel, Motion Develop Tablet PC for Nurses – WSJ.com
Intel, Motion Develop Tablet PC for Nurses – WSJ.com More news stories via Google. Is this a “siren song” of technology for healthcare? Executives and managers in any industry, it seems, believe in the promise of technology as the solution…
