Standardized Work: “Unity in the Essential, Liberty in the…
Our Kaizen Institute guide, Brad Schmidt (pictured above) talked to us on Monday about standardized work. He said,…
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Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit 2012, Day 2
Following up on my notes from Day 1, here are some notes and key points from Day 2 of the Lean Healthcare…
Kaizen on the Boeing 737 Line
There was a nice article in the Wall Street Journal this week about the Boeing 737 and some of their Lean and…
Two Cases of Writers Misrepresenting Lean Manufacturing
One of the variations of my acronym L.A.M.E. is "Lean As Misguidedly Explained," and I recently ran across two…
Changes in Mac OS X “Lion” and Parallels to Workplace Changes
It's nowhere near as important as yesterday's topic of employee and patient safety, but my last two days of using…
From the LEI Summit: Mike Rother on Toyota’s View on ROI
I really had a great learning experience at last week's LEI Lean Transformation Summit that was held here in…