Tag: Everyday Lean

Everyday Lean: Website Data Entry

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I saw an example of error proofing when I was registering on Art Smalley's Lean Website. Like many websites, it makes you enter...

Everyday Lean: The DMV

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As we continue our month-long challenge for examples of Everyday Lean, you still have plenty of chances to win. The best will win a...

Everyday Waste: Stamps

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I realize that I'm not doing well on personal inventory management when I'm sending out Mothers Day cards with Christmas stamps! At least...

The Downside of Everyday Lean

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An email from a friend, he and his company will remain anonymous. "OK so it's confession time. I've been reading your Blog fairly...

Everyday Lean: Printer Toner

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Here is an example of "everyday lean" I discovered: Rather than giving a late "toner low" notice that says the toner will run out (usually...

Error Proofing Runways

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USATODAY.com - Runway safety system has pilots seeing redThis counts as "everyday lean" if you fly a lot like I do. A...

Everyday Poka Yoke

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Everyday Examples of Mistake-ProofingI've linked to this web page before, but I love it and I'll link to it again, on the topic of...

Everyday Lean – Managing Your Files

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In the age of file sharing, FTP sites, all sorts of web based collaboration tools and the ever dreaded email attachment, it's as though...

Everyday Lean: Online Bill Pay

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Here's the latest in the series on Everyday Lean. I love online bill payment. My bank and the web make it easy to view and pay...

Everyday Batch: Rental Car Shuttles

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I know the airport isn't normally a bastion of lean, but the Albuquerque airport rental car shuttle bus stood out yeserday, in a bad...

Everyday Lean

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I've been very interested in applying lean to daily work routines and practices and have been (unfortunately very slowly) working on a series of...

Everyday Lean – Email Inventory

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For the first installment of the Everyday Lean series, I thought I would stay with the email theme that originally got me started thinking...