Tag: Wine
An Oregon Winery That’s Experimenting After the Calamity of Wildfires
My wife and I, in normal times, love visiting wineries. The Willamette Valley of Oregon is one of our favorite places to visit and...
The One Word I Kept Hearing at Wineries in Spain and...
I'll get right to it. The word:
"Experiment."
Well, I also heard "experiments" and "experimenting," but you get the idea.
As I've blogged about before, my wife...
An Unexpected Champagne Cork “Chart”
Last month, my wife and I had a chance for a week's vacation in Europe. As I've blogged about before, we enjoy doing some form of "gemba walk," if you will, at wineries and distilleries. At one restaurant, I was surprised to find a "chart" of sorts in the form of champagne and wine corks...
Does Being Giddy With Knowledge About Wine or Lean Cause Problems?
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I enjoy "gemba visits" (of sorts) to wineries and vacations often focus on this walking, tasting, and...
1% Improvement Here and There Can Make a Big Difference in...
I was fortunate to take a nearly two-week vacation recently, a trip that included a week in France.
My wife and I had a chance...
My Article on “Testing Lean Changes, Small or Large;” Recent Winery...
Thanks to Arena Simulation Software for asking me to write this article for their regular customer newsletter:
"Testing Lean Changes, Small or Large"
The article is...
Gemba Wine: A Lean Geek Visits Wineries, Part 3
Following up on my previous posts (here and here) on a recent visit to the Northern California Wine Country, I'm going to share a...
Gemba Wine: A Lean Geek Visits Wineries, Part 2
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
My wife and I just got back from four days in Napa and Sonoma counties doing, ahem, "gemba walks" at a number of wineries,...
Six Sigma Ranch and Winery
Six Sigma - People
I might not be able to blog much the next few days, so I'll pose this fun question. Has anyone heard...
