Tag: Deming

Got a question yesterday from Eric Christiansen, my guest for episode #18 of the LeanBlog Podcast. He asked: Can a company be considered a lean company...

Here is Episode #18 of the LeanBlog Podcast. My guest today is Eric Christiansen, the President of a translation services company, OmniLingua (more can...

Deming listed the annual review process as one of the "deadly diseases" of management. From this website: "Evaluation of performance, annual review, merit rating. nourishes short-term...

Society of Manufacturing EngineersCatching up on some old links and articles I never did get around to publishing... here's a good overview of...

I saw this card (click on it for a larger view) included with some medical products that were shipped to a hospital. It's...

There's a column with that title in the current issue of Business 2.0 magazine, the Nov 2006 issue. I'm re-posting this because the article...

Desoto Sun Herald - 11/06/06A second mention of Deming today...This isn't a major newspaper, but the Desoto Sun Herald, in Florida, says: We...

Frustration Grows at Carousel as More Baggage Goes AstrayW. Edwards Deming is famous (but not famous enough) for pointing out that most errors are...

... and the system sucks!" That was the final line of a recent episode of ER that we just watched last night (thanks to the...

So I'm watching SportsCenter and analyst Michael Irvin, former Cowboys wide receiver, is talking about Cowboys coach Bill Parcells and Wide Receiver / Attention...

Infor Launches ERP XA MES Suite for Lean ManufacturingThis article talks about software for lean manufacturing environments, an idea that could be debated on...

I was able to tour a hospital laboratory that had already gone through the lean process.One metric was a daily tally of "sticks per...