Tag: Waste

PEPCON disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIn some Saturday afternoon background TV watching, my ears perked up when I heard about this story on...

This past week, I stumbled through a systemic problem that might not ever be solved, namely the National Car Rental service at Terminal 3...

I read Paul Levy's blog every chance I get. He is the CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Although...

Xerox's Reusable Paper (TreeHugger)I saw this featured in Time as one of their inventions of the year. I've seen "digital paper" before, but...

How GM Handles a Hit: Build Fewer - WSJ.comWelcome to new readers from the MoneyCentral MSN blog. To explore more about "Lean," visit the...

I'm in Seattle, about a mile from the stadium where the Seahawks are playing the Saints tonight. I was tempted to get a ticket,...

Guest Post By Mike Thelen:--------------------------------I received an interesting piece of "junk mail" this morning. What caught my attention and provoked me to open...

With our Lean efforts, it's always good to ask, are we:Copying Toyota's past methods,Copying Toyota's current methods ORCopying Toyota's thought process and conceptsIf you're...

'I don't want this to happen to anyone else' This will happen again, unless the process is fixed. Lean can help. Please read on... I heard...

Institute for Healthcare Improvement ArticleThis article from the IHI talks about the need to find "muda" (waste) in hospitals. They say:"In the health...

Star-Telegram.com 09/03/2007 A closer look at four survey participants:There was a feature in the local paper a few weeks back about what...

www.kansascity.com | 09/10/2007 | To survive and thrive in these days of globalization, manufacturing companies must carve away the fat.Here's a nice news story...