Tag: China
A Funny Fake News Story for Earth Day, A Sad Reality
Following up on Jason's post last week about China and pollution, here is a video from the fake (but deadpan funny) Onion News Network...
Lean and Green thoughts on China
By Jason Turgeon: China's everywhere in the news these days. It seems like you can't open a newspaper (or a feed reader) without reading...
A True Story, Best I Can Tell
I know this sounds like the stuff of urban legend, but I had someone tell me this story today, someone with no real interest...
Cleaning Out the LeanBlog Backlog – March 27
Sometimes, I have a collection of news stories or links that I either don't have time to blog about, assume you don't have time...
Turn the Tables on Haier Management?
Chinese Refrigerator Maker Finds U.S. Chilly - WSJ.com:Here's another case of where your bosses should NOT take manufacturing management practices from the WSJ. In...
Womack on China Costs and Lean Healthcare
IndustryWeek : Thought Leaders -- Lean On Me (Full Transcript)IndustryWeek : Thought Leaders -- Lean On Me (Print Version)Other blogs, including Gemba Panta Rei...
The Bloodbath to Come
by Mike Lopez All these lead paint toy scandals are only the beginning. On July 12, 2007, Businessweek ran a story, "Made in China:...
No, Not Spongebob!!
LEAD SINKS SPONGEBOB CHINA GOODSSung to the TV theme... parody words by Mark Graban"Who's covered in lead and lives under the sea?Spongebob! Squarepants!Whose...
Today’s Editorial Cartoon
From today's USA Today, on the heels of the recent bad quality from China news, which includes:Baby bibs with lead found at Wal-MartTainted seafood"Chemical...
Let’s Hope They Don’t Name the Grey Paint Color "Lead"
China's Chery Car: Safe At Any Speed For U.S. Market? - CNBC.comI had a number of readers email me this crash test video of...
Boo Mattel, Hooray Mattel
Mattel is the latest victim in the "poison products from China" series (the "poison train," as The Consumerist blog calls it). Victim is...
"Root Cause" in the News
In my morning reading yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised to see the phrase "root cause" in two stories I've written about here:Preventable Medical Errors...
