Tag: Visual Management

Mark's note: Today's post is something that Drew Locher originally published in his email newsletter (sign up here), but he's allowing me to post it...

Back in November, I had a chance to meet Nate Hurle, from Cleveland Clinic, as he was giving a presentation about their work with...

Many industries face the compliance conundrum. The compliance conundrum occurs when staying in regulatory compliance interferes with business as usual operations. In highly regulated industries, where regulating bodies conduct periodic audits, the strain of the compliance conundrum is even more apparent.

I've been studying and working with Lean for 20 years now and I love Lean because I'm still learning and getting better at this...

My wife and I are getting ready to leave tomorrow night for a two-week vacation, so it jogged my memory about this story I...

I wanted to share a recent Kaizen improvement story that I heard from a hospital. Great things can happen when we: Listen to our patients Take action...

It's easy for people to think that Lean is about cost-cutting. That would be wrong, but many people associate Lean with cost cutting. Cost cutting...

Mark's Note: Today's post is a guest post by Nial Toner, who works for PathXL in the UK. I thought this was an interesting...

A Lean thinking friend's wife had emergency surgery (she is going to be fine) and my friend sent some pictures of Lean-related things he...

I've had a really nice time during my first 30 hours in Helsinki, Finland. It's been warm (72 F) and sunny -- and more...

I had the chance to tour the San Antonio Toyota truck plant (otherwise known as TMMTX) back in 2010 (and I blogged about it...

Last week, the New York Times published a piece called "Don't Just Talk About Change. Show It," written by Mick Wilz, an employee at...