[Updated] Monday’s #SolarEclipse: Supply Chain Challenges and Eye Safety…
Any rare event creates a number of challenges when it comes to manufacturing and supply chains. We're seeing a…
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Recorded Webinar: “How Hospitals Can Unlock Value and Curb…
Check out the archive of a webinar, co-presented with Steve Thompson of Cardinal Health, on June 20...
Podcast #272 – Steve Thompson, Lean Supply Chain Lessons from Automotive to…
My guest for Episode #272 is Steve Thompson, Director of Patient Driven Supply Network initiatives…
My Article on Healthcare Supply Chain Lessons from Other Industries
Cardinal Health has posted my article on their website:
Creating a New "Gold Standard" - Healthcare Supply Chain…
[Article] Creating a New “Gold Standard” — Healthcare Supply…
Thanks again to Cardinal Health for sponsoring the webinar that I did with them and Fierce Healthcare on supply…
[Recording] Webinar on Creating Better Healthcare Supply Chains through Lean
I'm excited to announce that I'm presenting a webinar at no cost to you on September 22nd, sponsored by Cardinal…
Guest Post: Is Your Organization Practicing “Unlean Lean”?
Mark's note: Today's post is something that Drew Locher originally published in his email newsletter (sign up…
Fox News Channel Understands “Lean” Better than the WSJ
On Friday, there was yet another Wall Street Journal article about Lean (fixating as they always do on the "Just In…
Lean, Value & Waste: Better to be Creative than to Cheat Your Customers
I saw this article last week in the USA Today while traveling, with the online headline "Products nipped, tucked to…
WSJ Wrongly Blames Apple Inventory Problems on “Lean Manufacturing”
OK, so I'll admit I had a case of "rabbit ears" when I took the WSJ to task for calling the doomed BP Deepwater…
Guest Post: Linking the Lean Enterprise
Mark's note: Today's guest blogger is Jim Huntzinger, the organizer of many topical Lean Summits including Lean…
Lean Materials Management Improves Hospital Service, Bottom Line
Lean... and saving green - Materials Management in Healthcare Mag
Here's an article in a healthcare trade…
LeanBlog Podcast #74 – Roy Vasher, Toyota Supply Chain Management
Episode #74 is a discussion with Roy Vasher, President of RPV Consulting, LLC and is co-author the book…
Just an Emergency
SHIPPING, SHIPBUILDING AND OFFSHORE NEWSToyota's overproduction and inventory emergency (thanks to Jason for the…
Soup Analyst Doesn’t Understand Just-In-Time
Campbell Soup Cools as Grocers Cut Stocks - WSJ.com:
Saw an article yesterday about Campbell Soup sales falling…
Of Course Inventories are Swelling in Long, Slow Supply Chains
Firms Race To Regain Control Over Inventories - WSJ.comWith the dramatically slowing global economy, it's no…
Shortening up the Value Stream
On this blog, there have been several discussions and posts about jobs going overseas, not so much from a…
Another Uniform Inventory Story
For now, Chad Johnson can't wear Ocho Cinco
Remember this story from last year? Another year, another NFL…