Tag: Education

FedEx’s Fred Smith on Why We Need Manufacturing

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The Weekend Interview - WSJ.comGood interview with the CEO of FedEx, Fred Smith. If you click on the link above, be warned there's some...

K-12 Lean

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Lean is very prevalent in manufacturing because manufacturing needs so much help. Jobs are being lost and profits and struggling, and so lean is...

Deming on Education

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If there was any value to the Industry Week commentary that tried to link Deming and Obama, it was that it prompted me to...

Bad Systems in the News: Detroit Public Schools

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I've fallen behind in my blogging the past few days, but I'll be back on track. I saw a number of news stories...

Linking Lean Thinking to Education – Conference Notes: Applying Lean Tools...

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By Luke Van Dongen For me, the topic of applying lean principles and tools to the classroom was the best part of the Linking Lean...

Linking Lean Thinking to Education – Conference Notes: Lean Certification

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My apologies for the delay in following through with posts from the EdNet / LEAN conference. Here's a bit on one of the...

Linking Lean Thinking to Education – Conference Notes

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Last week I attended the joint meeting of LEAN (Lean Education Academic Network) and EdNet (Lean Aerospace Initiative Education Network) in Worcester Massachusetts. Here's...

Linking Lean Thinking to Education

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For those interested in lean applications to education, there is an upcoming conference that you may want to check out.The conference is co-hosted by...

Educating Today’s Youth in Lean

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Bringing lean into our education system is a two-pronged requirement. One aspect, which has not been written about much at all, is applying lean...

Lean Education Academic Network Announced

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Lean Education Academic Network (new website)The Lean Enterprise Institute has announced a lean academic network for professors and universities that are teaching lean principles....
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