Tag: Value

What I’m Reading 8/29/13: Forcing Happiness, Saving $$ By Not Using...

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As we move into the Labor Day weekend, I need to close some browser tabs that are full of things that I was maybe...

Gemba Wine: A Lean Geek Visits Wineries, Part 2

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Growing grapes and making wine is certainly an art... but when you look into it there's a lot of process involved. As I wrote...

Gemba Wine: Variation in Wine Seals and Variation in Customer Needs

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My wife and I just got back from four days in Napa and Sonoma counties doing, ahem, "gemba walks" at a number of wineries,...

Stephen Parry, on His Book ‘Sense and Respond,’ How Lean Engages...

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My guest for episode #170 is Stephen Parry, joining us from England. He is a keynote speaker at the upcoming Lean Kanban North America...

San Diego’s Big Batch of Fireworks – At Least Nobody Was...

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Did you hear about the fireworks mishap in San Diego on the 4th? Instead of a planned 20-minute show, there was a "glitch" that...

Good News, Bad News on GM Doubling ‘Volt’ Production

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I don't often go back to write about GM, the first company I worked for out of college. Thanks to my dad who sent...

Lean, Value & Waste: Better to be Creative than to Cheat...

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I saw this article last week in the USA Today while traveling, with the online headline "Products nipped, tucked to save." That headline makes...

Video on Creating Value in Healthcare

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Here's a video produced by Jim Handyside, embedded here with his permission. More inspirational than educational, there are still some concepts related to Lean...

NVA in the NBA — It’s "Value Added"-tastic?

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A Garden party - Nowadays, the games are just part of the show While we're on the topic of basketball (thanks to Jamie's post last...

A Funny Example of Not Delivering "Value"?

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How about that Lucas stadium view? | IndyStar.com A photo of the new football stadium in Indianapolis (Lucas Stadium) is shown, at left (click for...